A copy editor and writer with China Daily USA in New York, Chris Davis is a graduate of the University of Virginia and served two years as a volunteer with the United States Peace Corps in Kenya.
The inventory of flood legends through the ages is long and wide. Ancient Sumerian myth talks about a king who saved his people after learning that the gods did not intend to spare anyone from an impending deluge. Both Plato and Ovid wrote about a great flood that had occurred thousands of years before them. In Hindu mythology, Vishnu took the form of a fish to warn a king of a coming flood in time for him to build a great ship and save his family, a do-it-yourself project also pulled off successfully by Noah in the Bible.
US Senator Corey Booker may have joined the fray in the 2016 presidential arena Monday night with a barnburner speech, but he could be in for an even bigger fight on a different front.
A reader writes in:
Dynasties come and dynasties go. One of the big questions being asked about the upcoming Rio Olympics is will this be the end of China's overwhelming domination of ping pong?
The answer to China's energy challenges, as the song goes, may be blowin' in the wind.
For a Chinese supercomputer to top the list of the world's fastest is nothing new; one has held the spot for seven years straight now.
Four accomplished musicians from the Shanghai Orchestra Academy are living a dream come true in New York City this week as they take part in a special residency with the New York Philharmonic.
It's beginning to seem like a big game of chess, played with very rare and priceless ivory pieces.
An editor and writer at China Daily USA in New York, William Hennelly is a print and digital media veteran. He previously was managing editor of TheStreet.com financial news website in New York, and has worked at daily newspapers in New Jersey. Hennelly is a journalism graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
General manager of China Daily USA's San Francisco bureau. Based in the Bay Area, she covers a wide range of topics including corporate news, Silicon Valley innovation, US-China cooperation in various forms and profiles of interesting personalities, as well as overseeing office operations.
Chen Weihua is the Chief Washington Correspondent of China Daily and Deputy Editor of China Daily USA. He is also a columnist, with a particular focus on US politics and US-China relations.
US President Donald Trump visits China
