Government officials and lobbyists in Pennsylvania want Chinese investors to know that the state is more than just a neighbor to New York and New Jersey.
When WuXi PharmaTech bought App Tec Laboratory Services Inc in Philadelphia for $151 million in 2008, it became one of the biggest foreign investors in a city where biotech was a hot sector.
This summer, 30 million Chinese travelers will go abroad, and not all of them are driven by wanderlust alone.
Education First, the Sweden major in private education, expects to double enrolment of students for its short-term summer courses in the next two to three years, driven by huge demand from Chinese parents, said its top executive.
Come August, Li Kaikai, 8, who lives with his parents in downtown Beijing, will be off to a capital suburb to take part in a five-night, six-day science summer camp where only English will be the medium of communication.
NEW YORK - The wind energy industry is one of the fastest-growing in the United States, and a Chinese company hopes to get ahead of the curve by creating a workforce: It will be launching a training program in Wyoming for coal miners to teach them to be wind farmers.
BEIJING - As Chinese consumers become increasingly affluent and sophisticated, the country's e-commerce companies are catering to new consumption patterns to grab a larger market share.
How would you sell a foreign online marketplace to Chinese consumers who are used to buying everything from e-commerce behemoths such as Taobao, Tmall and JD, and other local niche players?
BEIJING - China has moved up the list of the world's top 25 innovative economies, rising three notches from 25 to 22, with strong performance in several indicators, according to the latest Global Innovation Index or GII released last week.
NEW YORK - The Philadelphia 76ers have put 'The Process' in the hands of point guard Markelle Fultz.
EL SEGUNDO, California - Lonzo Ball and his dad are staying home with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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