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.
On Feb 27, 144 Chinese soldiers arrived in South Sudan as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the African country torn by civil strife. It was the first time that China sent a full infantry battalion on a UN mission.
Not many people know the history of the friendship between China and the US cemented by blood when the two nations joined hands to combat fascism in the 1940s, leading to victory in World War II. Nor do many people realize that China lost 36 million of its people in its fierce war against Japanese aggression between 1937 and 1945.
With the first Chinese-made car reaching US showrooms this summer, the usual questions about quality and safety often unfairly associated with Chinese-manufactured products are likely to pop up.
It's an old clich that the bravest human being who ever lived was the first person to eat an oyster.
The Spring Festival has become a synonym for lucrative business opportunities and a platform for new ideas. This year it's basketball's turn.
Using the Chinese saying, this is definitely a pair of top US scholars on China that if they claim No 2, no one dares claim No 1.
Like the small-batch beer connoisseurs in the West, the Chinese are developing a palate for craft brews.
There has been plenty of talk lately by US officials on strengthening cyber security, but none of it touched on US cyber intrusion in other countries.
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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