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Trump to GOP: Go 'nuke' for Gorsuch

[2017-02-02 13:35]

US President Donald Trump urged the Senate's Republican leader on Wednesday to resort to the "nuclear option" of scrapping longstanding chamber rules if needed to confirm Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, an aggressive opening to what's shaping up as a ferocious clash over the future of the high court.

Students worry over executive order

[2017-02-01 12:34]

Anna Zhou was researching restaurants and counting the days until her long-planned trip to Mexico City last Friday when President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US for 90 days.

China's Generation Z in conversation with the world

[2017-02-01 12:38]

While most Chinese teenagers are collecting red envelopes and watching fireworks, three were at the United Nations looking for solutions to global problems..

Chicago rings in Lunar New Year with music

[2017-02-01 10:26]

Artists from the Shaanxi Province Song and Dance Theatre National Orchestra presented traditional Chinese music to a full house at the Chicago Symphony Center on Sunday.

Boston wants more Chinese

[2017-02-01 12:12]

Like many US cities, Boston is trying to increase the number of Chinese who visit, but the city is trying to take advantage of its reputation as a college city to try to entice more Chinese students to go study there, and inevitably bring along their friends and families to visit as well.

Earliest known ancestor sprouted huge family tree

[2017-02-01 12:06]

It's been said that the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle invented Western science by having his students collect sea shells on the beach and then sort them by their features, looking for connections.

Remembering Li Wen, gentleman editor

[2017-01-31 11:19]

Li Wen, the founding business editor of China Daily, China's national English-language newspaper, died following a short illness in Saratoga, California, on Jan 13, less than three weeks shy of his 93rd birthday.

6 Chinese think tanks make the world's top 100 list

[2017-01-30 11:44]

Six Chinese think tanks were ranked among the top 100 in the world in a latest report released in Washington on Thursday.

Can there ever be too many eyes watching the heavens?

[2017-01-30 11:44]

It's been featured in movies such as Contact and Golden Eye and is visited by 90,000 people a year, including 200 scientists who get to use it for free.

EPA hopes to end freeze on grants

[2017-01-30 11:44]

The US Environmental Protection Agency has told several lawmakers it aims to end its freeze on grants and contracts late Friday, congressional aides said.

California will resist Trump plans

[2017-01-30 11:44]

Legislators in California, which has more undocumented immigrants than any other state, say they will expedite passing bills to protect them and to prevent local law enforcement from assuming immigration-related duties following President Donald Trump's announcing tough new immigration-enforcement policies.

Chinese tourists flock to MoMA

[2017-01-26 12:45]

Museum of Modern Art in New York sees 49% increase, helped by promotions

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