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 failure of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks to reach a final deal last Friday in Maui, Hawaii, contrasted sharply with the optimistic mood in Washington early in the week among some officials and pundits that the largest US trade pact since the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will be sealed.
Chinese and American pundits hope that the state visit to the United States by President Xi Jinping in September will be another major opportunity for the two nations to expand cooperation and manage key differences.
Usually when a stock market plummets, sales of big-ticket items such as automobiles often feel the aftershocks.
It's safe to say that Africa has not been on the top shelf of US foreign policy concerns. While China has been aggressively shoring up and expanding its ties with the continent — ties that go back centuries, Washington is finally ratcheting up the attention it pays to the continent's 54 countries.
Less than two weeks after the Iran nuclear deal, the US is expressing willingness to show more flexibility in resuming talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) under the Six-Party Talks framework.
Chinese companies that do - or want to do - business in the US can benefit with a little friendly reminder: assimilation and adaptation to the local business culture is critical. You could even call it the "make or break" rule.
There has been plenty of finger pointing from US officials and lawmakers at China and Russia, with US President Barack Obama saying it should be the US, not China, that writes global trade rules, and the latest being Gen Joseph Dunford, Obama’s nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, naming Russia and China the top two threats to the US national security.
The Lancet reports that a new approach to outpatient healthcare is being developed in China that delivers top-flight medical care to some of the more remotes areas of the country. Using, what else, the web.
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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