For many aspiring soccer players in China, their best bet is to go overseas for elite training. Some football academies in China are now challenging that school of thought. New approaches are being developed to prepare young talent in China. Lionel Donovan reports from Lijiang, […]
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Police arrest a man in the U.S. university town of Chapel Hill because they say he shot and killed three U.S. college students who were Muslim. The wife of the man accused of the murders says he killed the 3 students over a parking dispute, […]
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The steady exodus of refugees from Syria to neighboring countries is well documented, but recently Syrians escaping war have been working to build a new life in Latin America. Last year Brazil accepted more than two thousand refugees, many from Syria.
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CCTV America’s Mike Walters interviewed Joshua Cohen. He’s a former Project Officer with the United States Agency for International Development and was involved in managing economic reform projects in the former Soviet Union.
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Yahoo recently announced it would be spinning off its most valuable asset, a 15 percent stake in Alibaba worth nearly $40 billion. The move was applauded by shareholders but raises questions about what will happen to Yahoo once its biggest prize is no longer a […]
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When women do succeed in the fashion business, they can succeed in a spectacular way. Renowned designers such as Donna Karan, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Vera Wang have all built iconic fashion empires. CCTV America’s Shraysi Tandon interviewed Wang about how she made a billion-dollar […]
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In China, there’s a famous saying that “women hold up half the sky,” but not in the retail fashion industry, where fewer than one in five executives are women. However, the outlook for women in the fashion business could be improving. CCTV’s Shraysi Tandon reported […]
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Leaders from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany gathered in the Belarus capital of Minsk today against the backdrop of intense fighting and growing impatience to end the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, “There is a glimmer of hope, but no more.” […]
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When the world’s largest brewer starts buying up small craft operations, the beer world takes notice. Anheuser Busch InBev recently announced plans to buy its third U.S. craft brewery in just this past year. CCTV’s Chris Casquejo reported this story from Seattle.
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The new anti-austerity government in Greece has presented its first concrete proposals for an alternative debt plan to the IMF and Eurozone finance ministers. Those same ministers warned Greece it must abide by its current agreements.
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In a landmark verdict Wednesday a Belgium court sentenced Fouad Belkacem to 12 years behind bars for leading the now disbanded Islamic extremist group which had dozens of followers.
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U.S. President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve a new plan to fight ISIL, as Al Qaeda in Iraq continues to morph into the massive terror group, making it stronger. Obama says this plan does not authorize the use of U.S. armed forces in […]
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On February 11th 1990 anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster Prison after being locked up there for nearly three decades. Just four years later he went on to become the country’s first black president. A crowd gathered at the prison where Mandela […]
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The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress approved a bill Wednesday to construct the Keystone XL oil pipeline, setting up a confrontation with President Barack Obama, who has threatened to veto the measure.
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From lucky numbers to lucky colors, lucky dates to lucky sayings, Chinese people are all about that “luck”. Certain dishes are eaten during the Chinese New Year because the Chinese believe those dishes will bring good luck to the whole year. The auspicious symbolism of […]
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Substantial military aid cuts to Thailand’s Army by the U.S. have forced Thailand to scale back a 34 year old military exercise which is the largest in Asia. The Cobra Gold exercises held some 100 kilometer’s outside of Bangkok are seen in part as a […]
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Feb. 1 is Xiaonian Festival in China, which marks the start of the countdown to Spring Festival. It falls on the 23rd or 24th day of the 12th month of the Chinese traditional lunar calendar, and sets off the beginning of festivities.
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Last week, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission Tom Wheeler, laid out his vision for how to make the Internet more open. President Obama recently unveiled a proposal to help extend broadband service to more of America. One U.S. city that’s leading the way […]
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Every Lunar New Year, the People’s Bank of China (PBC) releases a zodiac gold coin. In Chinese astrology theory, the calendar has a 12-year cycle, and each year is represented by an animal, beginning with the Year of Goat and ending with the Year of […]
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CCTV America’s Shraysi Tandon interviewed iconic fashion designer Vera Wang just before Mercedes Benz Fashion Week about the challenges of working in a male-dominated fashion industry.
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Jackie Robinson West, the first all-black contingent to win the U.S. Little League Baseball championship last year was stripped of the title on Wednesday for using players who lived outside the geographic area set for the squad.
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With the Ebola outbreak sharply reduced, the United States is preparing to withdraw nearly all of its troops fighting the disease in West Africa and President Barack Obama was planning the administration’s next steps.
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Police said Wednesday that a long-running parking dispute between neighbors sparked the shooting deaths of three family members at a quiet condominium complex near the University of North Carolina campus.
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During a phone call, Chinese President Xi Jinping accepted his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama’s invitation to pay a state visit to the United Sates in September this year, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday.
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U.S. President Barack Obama, elected in part on a promise to end America’s wars, sent Congress Wednesday a proposed joint resolution to authorize military force against the swift rise of Islamic State extremists, who are imposing violent rule in Iraq and Syria and have brazenly […]
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