A neckwear business rooted in China prospers in Chicago
By Charlene Zhang Medill Reports “My daughter was given a Harvard logo shirt a decade ago by the school president, when Becky’s father Arnie mentioned me as the Harvard logo tie manufacturer in China,” said Michael Yin, the proud Chinese supplier of custom-made neckwear for Shop4Ties, a Chicago wholesaler and distributor. Shop4Ties was founded in […]
More Chinese tourists arrive, but at a slowing pace
By Xuanyan Ouyang Yuzhuo Zhang was looking at the Van Gogh’s Bedrooms exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. He came to the U.S. mainly for an interview at a university in Maryland and to shop for his wedding in July. “The economy, both globally and in China, is not good now, so we tend to be more […]
China Eastern’s new route brings visitors, ups competition with United, American Airlines
By Harvard Zhang When Yan Wang flew with United Airlines from Shanghai to Chicago at the end of November, she found the flight attendants’ Mandarin very awkward. She also realized her “Chinglish” didn’t help the communication. “I speak some English, but I found it hard sometimes to talk with their crew members,” said Wang, a […]
VIDEO: Young Faces Sparkle at Naperville Lantern Festival Show
By Yining Zhou The Xilin Association, a Naperville-based non-profit foundation dedicated to sharing Asian cultures, held its 10th annual Lantern Festival Show Sunday evening at Compass Auditorium at Naperville. Dancers, singers and musicians expressed the beauty and vitality of the East using the language of art and dance in the show. But the stage did […]