China's current economic growth - even with a slower rate than the past few years - never seems to put off multinational companies' big plans for that market. Every foreign firm wants a China story nowadays, either to tap into the market or to expand their presence in the world's No 2 economy.
Simon Ma's love of nature has been the inspiration for his internationally acclaimed art works.
The just concluded one-day climate change summit at United Nations headquarters in New York saw strong support from the international community, ranging from heads of state and business leaders to civic activists and celebrities.
With China's rapid economic growth, which stood at a double-digit rate for some time, Western media have had something else to focus on - the world's No 2 economy.
Chinese investment in the United States has seen growth not only in size and volume but also in expanding categories beyond traditional manufacturing-related industries.
September in New York City is usually a busy month as the Big Apple welcomes heads of state and international policy makers to the United Nations' annual general assembly.
Perhaps its brand already has had an impact in the US and globally, but China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group will certainly deepen it even further when it lists on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) - reportedly - sometime after Labor Day next month.
The just-concluded US-Africa Leaders Summit was three days of President Barack Obama and his Cabinet members engaged with a number of African heads of state discussing the most pressing issues the continent faced and - most importantly - how to make progress on them in the future.
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.