Chinese Symbols Prove Popular in US 汉字在美国大受欢迎 From the moment Spaniards - or Vikings, some would say - first dropped anchor and encountered the natives whom the Spanish called Indians because they thought they had arrived in India -...
BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Dallas Mavericks is set to sign free agent forward Yi Jianlian on a one-year deal, according to an ESPN report on Sunday. The 24-year-old Chinese averaged 5.6 points and 3.9 rebounds with Washington last season. Yi's b...
Chinese Adopt Western Holiday of Christmas Christmas is not a traditional Chinese holiday. But the brightly-colored lights of the season are attracting a growing number of Chinese fans, who say they like the idea of decorating and giving gifts. In Be...
BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese soccer fans witnessed another year of fiascos, but this time, they accept it more peacefully as both players and fans feel nothing unusual for they've tasted so many failures in recent years and some of them even...
US Travel Industry Caters to Chinese Tourists More and more people from China are traveling abroad as tourists. The number of Chinese travellers is growing so fast that Hilton Hotels hired the University of London's School of Oriental and African Stu...
Unlikely Pair Find Solace in Traditional Chinese Music A Chinese musical program near Oakland, California's Chinatown has been offering a safe haven for children of working class Chinese American families. It's a place where students can spend free t...
BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Almost one in four Chinese students aged between 12 and 14 have tried smoking, according to the results of a survey released by the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control (CATC). The survey, carried out among 38,839 st...
BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhuanet) -- In the not so distant future, a dark brooding figure could be looking over Shanghai's World Financial Center, ever vigilant, to protect the people. But this masked hero won't be Batman; he won't even be American, he wi...
Higher Production Costs Shift Chinese Manufacturing For decades, China's factories have supplied the world with cheap goods - from denim jeans to desktop computers. But export prices are expected to go up as Chinese manufacturers are battered by high...
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China's retailers(零售商) will offer refund(退款) to recent buyers of iPad 1 as price dropped with the debut of iPad 2. Apple released the upgraded version of the tablet on March 3 and announced to lower the price ta...
