Wow. Just...wow:

Former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger quietly acknowledged to China in 1972 that Washington could accept a communist takeover of South Vietnam if that evolved after a withdrawal of U.S. troops - even as the war to drive back the Communists dragged on with mounting deaths ( Read more... )

Some months ago, Inc. Magazine selected a woman named Ping Fu as its Entrepeneur of the Year. She is an immigrant from China and is responsible for starting a software firm called Geomagic. Geomagic's claim to faim is the development of DSSP technology, which will probably make CAD/CAM obsolete.

From extreme persecution during China's Cultural ( Read more... )

As the United States prepares a WTO lawsuit against China's copyright laws while the Chinese government imposes new media restrictions on foreign magazines and creates a new database containing data on 96% of its own citizens, there was a closed door meeting among senior Chinese economists, intellectuals, and powerbrokers in early March that is now ( Read more... )

American motorcycle manufacturer Harley Davidson will soon open up its first Chinese retail outlet in a very long time:

Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson is to open a dealership in Beijing, its first outlet in China in more than 50 years.Beijing Harley-Davidson, which has teamed up with dealer Beijing Feng Hou Lun, is set to open in April ( Read more... )

The official word is that most Chinese people generally like us:

Two in three Chinese generally like Americans while one in five dislikes them, according to a recent poll ( Read more... )

China has announced that they will delay their third space mission:

China will postpone the launch of its third manned space mission by about six months to 2008, the state media reported on Sunday ( Read more... )

The White House is under pressure to do something about the trade deficit with China. Their official response to the mounting concerns:

The Bush administration declared Tuesday that the United States has entered a new phase in its economic relationship with China and promised "rigorous enforcement" of laws aimed at curbing unfair trade practices ( Read more... )

The United States is increasing diplomatic posts in India and China. India and China are locked in a problematic embrace but it is an embrace regardless. China and Japan are beginning a new round of talks aimed at improving relations between the two countries ( Read more... )

China is America's largest military rival:

China has the "greatest potential to compete militarily" with America in the future but the US is also increasingly worried about Russian arms sales, the Pentagon said yesterday ( Read more... )