Exchange Database
March 19, 2014
The First Lady traveled to China from March 19-26, 2014. She visited Beijing from March 20-23, Xi’an on March 24, and Chengdu from March 25-26. She invited students and classrooms across the U.S. to follow her trip via "On Board"- a video produced by the White House. During her trip to China, as on previous international trips to Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, the First Lady Michelle Obama focused on the power and importance of education, both in her own life and in the lives of young people in both countries.
July 25, 2014
The New York Wheel, an observation Ferris wheel planned for Staten Island that will be the tallest of its kind in the world, has so far received $150 million from foreign investors, the vast majority from China in exchange for green cards. The 630-foot-wheel project has attracted 300 Chinese investors, at least 90 percent of the foreign investors involved, through the EB-5 visa program, which gives foreign investors a temporary visa to the US.
July 25, 2014
A tourism company operating a Chinese scenic park featured in the latest Transformers installment is suing Paramount Pictures for its failure to promote the name of the park in the film. The Wulong Karst Tourism company from Chongqing filed the law suit on Wednesday and is demanding 20.8 million yuan in compensation from the US film studio for failing to "show Wulong scenic park's name or logo through pictures and actors' lines, as well as to indicate Chinese Wulong in an obvious landmark sign".
July 28, 2014
A leading U.S. meat supplier said on Monday that a Chinese unit at the center of a food safety scandal had issues that were "absolutely inconsistent" with the group's high standards.
June 1, 2013
The United States and China restarted Bilateral Investment Treaty negotiations last summer when China agreed to include key equal treatment principles advocated by the US-China Business Council and others.
January 1, 2007
To develop and test a mechanism for protecting and preserving traditional Chinese architecture and historic buildings while meeting the livelihood and development needs of the various stakeholders
January 1, 2012
To organize Chinese-language events in Washington for alumni of the 100,000 Strong Initiative & take promising young leaders to China to develop their understanding of the Chinese policy-making system
January 1, 2010
For a three-year series of presentations on topics of public interest by Chinese participants at the AAS Annual conference and related activities.
January 1, 2013
For the John L. Thornton China Center to implement a U.S.-China fellowship program of research and public policy training for early-career experts from both countries.
January 1, 2013
For the U.S.-Asia Law Institute to provide technical assistance to Chinese reformers who seek to protect the rights of persons caught up in the criminal justice system.