A Danish prince haunted by his father's ghost. A delusional Spanish knight jousting with windmills. A Chinese beauty falling into an enchanted dream next to a Peony Pavilion.
It takes about 20 Chinese parents, 11 elementary schools throughout the Bay Area and a small army of volunteers to stage the series of celebrations planned for the upcoming Chinese New Year, or the Lunar New Year, which will fall on Jan 28.
The Mecca of new ideas in the eyes of many innovators, Silicon Valley has drawn entrepreneurs from all over who dream of shaking the world up. Some succeed — such as Larry Page and Sergey Brin with Google; Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook; Steve Jobs and Apple.
The Internet is bursting with best and worst lists, and some websites exist mainly for that click-driven reason. It’s also not uncommon for a college or a city to end up on both good and bad lists, depending on the year.
Efforts from the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and the US to help victims and their families seek an official apology and compensation from the Japanese government for their crimes and atrocities against civilians during World War II seem to be not only unflinching but gaining momentum.
The State Department is playing down a news report that the Obama administration is developing a package of economic sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals who have benefited from the alleged cybertheft of valuable US trade secrets.
The Chinese embassy in Washington has been holding a photo exhibit since June 24 to highlight Chinese and US cooperation during World War II.
A possible merger between two of China’s largest shipping companies could coincide seamlessly with a new alliance between the ports of Seattle and Tacoma in Washington state.
With Chinese buyers spending upwards of $28.6 billion on US residential real estate between April 2014 and March 2015, sellers and agents would do well to pay heed to some other numbers that have come out of a recent survey.
China has often become a bogeyman in recent US presidential campaigns, as witnessed by the many Day-One vows by Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the 2012 race to get tough with China. The unfolding 2016 election cycle seems no exception to the rule.
An editor and writer at China Daily USA in New York, William Hennelly is a print and digital media veteran. He previously was managing editor of TheStreet.com financial news website in New York, and has worked at daily newspapers in New Jersey. Hennelly is a journalism graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
General manager of China Daily USA's San Francisco bureau. Based in the Bay Area, she covers a wide range of topics including corporate news, Silicon Valley innovation, US-China cooperation in various forms and profiles of interesting personalities, as well as overseeing office operations.
Chen Weihua is the Chief Washington Correspondent of China Daily and Deputy Editor of China Daily USA. He is also a columnist, with a particular focus on US politics and US-China relations.
A copy editor and writer with China Daily USA in New York, Chris Davis is a graduate of the University of Virginia and served two years as a volunteer with the United States Peace Corps in Kenya.
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