Feature: Americans' firsthand encounters offer fresh perspectives on China

by Yang Shilong, Vivien Liu NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Russell Craig Targove can start singing a Chinese song in New York and expect people around him to join in. Nearly three decades ago and thousands of miles away in Serbia, Sanja Vasic encountered Chinese culture for the first time when a high school teacher wrote Chinese characters on a blackboard. For both, seemingly casual encounters developed into lasting connections with China. MUSIC OPENS A DOOR In the early 1990s, Targove, a New Yo