A Danish prince haunted by his father's ghost. A delusional Spanish knight jousting with windmills. A Chinese beauty falling into an enchanted dream next to a Peony Pavilion.
It takes about 20 Chinese parents, 11 elementary schools throughout the Bay Area and a small army of volunteers to stage the series of celebrations planned for the upcoming Chinese New Year, or the Lunar New Year, which will fall on Jan 28.
Chinese communities around the globe are ready to welcome in the Year of the Ram, which will fall on Thursday.
The orange business in the United States and China has gotten the blues lately and the greens and the browns.
Confucius once said: "Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas."
After a string of teen suicides, with the latest one taking place on Jan 24 in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Chinese community and parents are busy conducting workshops and organizing public speaking campaigns to restore a healthy family order and nurture a healthier parent-youth relationship.
With the Chinese New Year arriving in two weeks, you can witness a zodiac battle between a ram, sheep and goat over the title of the lunar period.
A 10-year partnership between China and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria just wrapped up its operations and the results were better than anyone expected.
As the Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb 19, draws close, Chinese Americans in the Bay Area are gearing up to celebrate the most important festival in Chinese tradition in a variety of formats, be it a galas, concerts or cooking competitions. Their efforts at preserving and promoting the essence of Chinese culture in San Francisco and beyond have far-reaching significance.
US President Barack Obama, in an interview with Fareed Zakaria of CNN aired Sunday, said he was surprised that the Chinese government put out statements regarding his visit to India.
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.
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.
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