Two novels mix fact and fiction to build new bridges
[2014-04-10 11:15]Fiction is a great way to explore reality. Two new books take on the priceless value of person-to-person relationships between Americans and Chinese using the tools of imagination and poetic license and manage to paint pictures that reveal deep-seated truths.
Crimes of Hirohito : `We can't let it happen again'
[2014-04-09 04:43]Olson was in the play when it was put on at the Historic Hoover Theatre in San Jose, California, on April 5.The production was performed by American volunteers of the Foundation Honoring Nanjing Massacre Survivors.
Tough battle with the army of lobbyists
[2014-04-08 11:21]The political TV drama series, House of Cards, has offered a Hollywood approach to US politics little known to the vast majority of Chinese.
China's green environmental march benefits US, world
[2014-04-07 11:13]China, the country that consumes more energy and emits more greenhouse gases than any other nation, has made a name for itself as an environmental leader. Its breakthroughs in green technology stand to help not only its residents, but those of the US and the rest of the world.
Grassroots and old friends converge in Iowa
[2014-04-02 10:53]Muscatine, a quiet Iowa city of about 23,000 on the Mississippi River, has been busy welcoming some Chinese guests with whom it has formed a new Sister-City relationship.
Hagel visits China amid celebration and concern
[2014-04-01 11:02]When US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel visits China from April 7-10, China and US will find things for celebration and concern.
US real estate market gets boon
[2014-03-31 10:58]When Chris Cooper and his wife heard that a house next door to their home in San Mateo was for sale, they decided to take a look at it on its pre-opening day.
Job prospects unify towns at US-China parley
[2014-03-27 13:20]For hard-hit towns of the deep US South, the three-day US China Manufacturing Symposium underway in Dothan, Alabama means jobs.
Sistership ties between China and the US blooming
[2014-03-26 06:17]The US-China Sister Cities Conference in Washington's Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center is unlikely to draw media fanfare.
In the final analysis, half measures may not be enough
[2014-03-25 12:28]For decades, China has capped foreign automakers' stakes in joint ventures with domestic car companies at 50 percent.
Move over James Bond, the Bahamas has got a new star
[2014-03-24 12:17]Jamie Lewis, owner of Islandz Tours, a local tourism agency in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, will bring his business to China next month.
Be mindful about China's urbanization drive
[2014-03-20 12:06]For the past three decades, hundreds of millions of people have moved into cities for better wage opportunities. The EIU predicts that this trend will continue in the next 20 years.