September 25, 2015

US House Speaker John Boehner to resign

The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Speaker John Boehner, stunned fellow Republicans on Friday, saying that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, giving up one of the most powerful jobs in Washington and his seat in the House in […]

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September 24, 2015

White House staff prepare for state dinner

Chinese President Xi Jinping is now in Washington DC, for his second stop on his state visit to the U.S. The trip from the west coast to the east coast is being marked by a shift in focus – from business to politics.

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September 24, 2015

China’s methanol makeover

Yuhuang Chemical’s planned methanol plant in Louisiana is valued at 1.85 billion dollars and is one of the biggest of its kind ever to be built by China in the United States.

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September 24, 2015

US Coal: Troubled industry looks to Asian market

It’s called the P.R.B. and it covers a big stretch of Northeast Wyoming. Cloud Peak Energy is one of the P.R.B.’s main players. The third largest coal producer in America, Cloud Peak sells thermal coal to electric utilities, mostly in the middle of the U.S.

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September 24, 2015

In Photos: The State Dining Room (and dinners) since 1871

While state dinners have a long tradition, the first head of state to be honored with one at the White House was King David Kalakaua of Hawaii on December 12, 1874 by President and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant.  When President Xi Jinping attends the state dinner for him […]

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September 24, 2015

What’s on the menu for state dinner?

It will be Colorado lamb on the menu and Grammy-winning R&B singer Ne-Yo as the entertainment, when President Barack Obama welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House for a state dinner on Friday.

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September 23, 2015

The China-Hollywood connection

There’s no question that the amount of Chinese movie goers are multiplying. Box office totals are second only to the U.S., but China is catching up fast.

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September 23, 2015

American basketball player’s journey to fame in Beijing

Beijing Ducks have won the Chinese Basketball Championship three times in a row and they are now preparing for another season. One American player is being praised for the team’s victories. But the 38-year-old guard is more than an athlete. He has become a cultural […]

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Complete coverage of the visit of China's President Xi to the US
September 23, 2015

This week on Full Frame: U.S.-China relations

The United States and China. They are the world’s largest economies and superpowers. This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in an effort to forge new agreements and improve relations between the two countries.

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September 23, 2015

Xi makes numerous cultural references in policy speech

China’s President Xi Jinping kicked off his first state visit to the United States on Tuesday in a landmark trip aimed at enhancing trust and cooperation between the world’s two biggest economies. During a policy speech on China-U.S. relations, he referenced a number of cultural […]

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September 23, 2015

Harvard University sees more Chinese students

World-renown Harvard University has seen a greater number of Chinese students over the last two decades. According to the China News Service, in 2014-2015, 690 students from the Chinese mainland were studying at Harvard, compared to 176 students in 1998.

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September 23, 2015

Panda cub at National Zoo is growing

The four-week-old giant panda cub at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. now weighs nearly three pounds and is starting to look like a panda — specifically, his dad.

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September 22, 2015

The Heat: The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei economic zone

A new-mega metropolis is emerging in Northern China. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration plan affects a total population of more than 100 million people. Will this be the new model for China’s urbanization of the future?

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