Beijing Meets New York in Fashion Design Education

A new fashion design education partnership began today between New England Fashion+Design Association in White Plains, NY and VO Art Union in Beijing, China for the purpose of promoting exchange opportunities for both students and teachers. Irina Simeonova, founder of NEF+DA, was invited to VO Art Union to share her experiences as a fashion designer and educator.

Former IBM Worker Charged With Economic Espionage

Xu Jiaqiang stole computer source codes to benefit the National Health and Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China as detailed in a superseding six-count indictment, according to this announcement by the U.S. Attorney's Office. Xu was initially arrested by the FBI in White Plains last December after being charged with one count of theft of trade secrets -- on which he pleaded not guilty.