Across America
| Anti-Japan protests Chinese-Americans expressed anger in recent days over efforts by the Japanese government to purchase the Diaoyu Islands, which China claims as its own. Above, demonstrators gather outside the Japanese consulate in New York on Sunday. Top left, a group displays a sign near the entrance of Japan's consulate in San Francisco on Monday. Bottom left, a man with a megaphone leads protesters in front of the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Sunday. |
| Tibetan deputies Two Tibetan deputies, We Se (center) and Pu Bu (far right), to China's 11th National People's Congress pose with, from left: Li Cheng, Stapleton Roy, Kenneth Lieberthal, Jonathan Pollack and Jeffrey Bader, all of whom are US experts on China, during the lawmakers' visit to the Brookings Institution in Washington on Thursday. Sun Chenbei / China Daily |
| Art from Wuhan Guo Huihui (center), an official from the city of Wuhan, presents a paper-cut flower to Nagy Nasr (left), special-events coordinator at the United Nations, during the opening ceremony on Wednesday for an exhibit of arts and crafts from Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei province. The flower was made by paper-cutting artist Shen Songbai (right). Yu Wei / China Daily |
| Diplomat's views Qiu Shaofang, China's consul general in Los Angeles, is interviewed on Tuesday by China Daily's Wang Jun. Qiu discussed his 30 years' experience as a diplomat, the impact of US-Chinese relations on the 2012 presidential race and Los Angeles as a trade link with China. Kimia Mostaghimi / China Daily |
| Evaluating expats The new book Chinese Characters, a collection of stories about various aspects of China written mostly by foreigners living in the country, was the subject of a discussion at the Asia Society in New York on Monday. From left: Jeffrey Wasserstrom, history department chairman at the University of California, Irvine; Megan Shank, freelance writer and Chinese-language translator; writer Xujun Eberlein; and Howard French, a journalist, photographer and author. Chen Weihua / China Daily |
| Mongolian resources Satu Limaye (left), director of the East-West Center in Washington, comments during a seminar on Tuesday featuring Alicia Campi, president of the Mongolia Society and a former US diplomat in Asia who specializes in China. Campi assessed investment by Russia, China, Japan and South Korea in Mongolia's mineral resources. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
| Cosco awarded Richard Lidinsky (right), chairman of the US Federal Maritime Commission, presents an Award of Merits to Ma Zehua, president of China Ocean Shipping Group Co at a 30th anniversary celebration for the company's Cosco Americas subsidiary on Sept 14 in Secaucus, New Jersey. The award is for Cosco's "splendid quality of service" to customers and US ports. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily |
| Venture views The Asia America MultiTechnology Association hosted a conference on Tuesday at Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum. William Draper III (center) of venture-capital firm Draper Richards is flanked by son Timothy Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Portia Ku, a partner at law firm O'Melveny & Myers. Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
| EX-Envoy's expertise Jon Huntsman (left), former US ambassador to China and one-time candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, talks with audience members at an event on US-China relations on Monday at George Washington University. Tan Yingzi / China Daily |
| Energy agenda Executives of Texas-based oil and gas producer Luca International Group listen as Oakland, California, Mayor Jean Quan speaks at a reception Monday night ahead of the US China Energy Summit, which Luca hosted on Thursday in Houston. From left: Anthony Pollace, chief financial officer; Bingqing Yang, CEO and the summit chairwoman; Han Zhang, vice president of production; and Lily Lei, Los Angeles district manager. Chen Jia / China Daily |
| Counterterrorism discussed Former members of the US House of Representatives meet Monday in Washington with a delegation led by Li Haoyu (third from left), deputy secretary general of the China Association for International Friendly Contact, to discuss US-Chinese collaboration to fight terrorism in central Asia. Attendees included, from right, Constance Morella, an ex-congresswoman from Maryland who is now US representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and ex-congressmen Don Bonker and Jim Coyne, of Washington state and Pennsylvania, respectively. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
| Honoring entrepreneurs Asian Business Ventures, publisher of Asian Enterprise magazine, hosted its 19th National Asian Entrepreneur of the Year award ceremony in Beverly Hills, California, on Sept 14. Attendees included, from left: ceremony co-chairman Willy Borromeo; US Representative Judy Chu, chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; and KTTV's Susan Hirasuna. Kimia Mostaghimi / China Daily |
| Tour start Chong Quan, deputy international-trade representative in China's Ministry of Commerce, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday at a ceremony to kick off the Chinese delegation's 2012 overseas exchange tour on intellectual-property rights and the second China-US International Cooperation Forum on IPR. Sun Chenbei / China Daily |
