Drive almost anywhere in the state and you see roads, farms, shopping centers, and bridges named for people who came from Armenia, Japan, China, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain or Iran.

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Kyle Ching, an American who came from L.A. to China to chase China's business boom, is working on the debut album of Red Star, a Shanghai-based, multinational hip-hop trio.

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In this case the long-overdue apology came directly from CEO Tim Cook, who also detailed plans to correct the situation in China.

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This is tape from Steven Chu, the American energy secretary, who visited China earlier this year and came away, he said, very impressed with China's efforts to capture wind and solar energy, cleaner forms of energy.

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