Tai Shan, a 4-year-old panda and the favorite of many Americans young and old, will soon leave the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC for China.
Once considered part of the realm of youngsters, cartoons and graphic novels have suddenly hit China's mainstream culture as the country realized their potential for profit.
Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker pose after their interview with APTN over their role in the film Did You Hear About The Morgans, at a central London hotel, Dec. 11, 2009.
Britney Spears with her boyfriend Jason Trawick arrived at JFK airport in New York City, December 19, 2009.
A survey shows that nearly 60 percent of foreign policy experts in the United States see China as the most important future US ally.
