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China Daily | Updated: 2018-02-17 04:46
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Zhang Qiyue (right), Chinese consul general in New York, and John B. Kessler, president and chief operating officer of Empire State Realty Trust, browse an art exhibition in the building’s Fifth Avenue lobby windows on Tuesday in celebration of the Year of the Dog. HONG XIAO / CHINA DAILY
Zhao Cong, a top musician in China and the chief pipa performer for the China National Orchestra performs at a Chinese New Year evening hosted by the Hawaii Mainland Chinese Overseas Association at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu on Sunday. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
Emily Bender (right) and Kaitlyn Bender (left) watch a craftsperson make a sugar
pairing for them at the Chinese embassy on Monday, as their parents and brothers
look on. Seventy US families who adopted children from China were invited to the
embassy for a reception that featured acrobatics, drama and martial arts.
DONG LESHUO / CHINA DAILY

 

Tim Kaine, US senator of Virginia, who is also Hillary Clinton's vice president pick during her presidential campaign, gives his best wishes to the audience at a Chinese New Year gala at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia on Sunday. The gala was organized by Coordination Council of Chinese American Associations and Hope Chinese School. LU QIANG / FOR CHINA DAILY

 

Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai gives a speech at the Chinese embassy in Washington during a Chinese New Year reception on Tuesday. Spring Festival is on Friday. DONG LESHUO / CHINA DAILY
Retired US Army Major General Bernard Loeffke took to the stage to sing with student performers from the Art Troupe of the Affiliated High School of Renmin University of China after a Chinese New Year show at the Confucius Institute at Miami Dade College on Feb 5. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
Melissa Buron, director of the art division for the Fine Arts Museums of San
Francisco, introduces a new exhibition Casanova: the Seduction of Europe at the
Legion of Honor museum, in time for Valentine’s Day on Wednesday and the Lunar
New Year on Friday. The exhibition, which runs through May 28, shows the world
of 18th-century Europe through more than 80 works of art, including paintings,
sculptures, period furnishings, delicate porcelains and lavish period costumes.
The museum has recently provided Chinese-language maps to accommodate the
increasing number of visitors from China. LIA ZHU / CHINA DAILY
From left: Alumni of Peking University TJ Tang, Hong Ogle, Guan Lingua and Wendy Zhao discuss high-tech investment issues at the annual conference of the Peking University Alumni Association of Houston on Sunday. VIPs included Consul General Li Qiangmin and City of Houston Development Director Andy Icken. The organization has more than 700 members. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
He Mei (left), chairman of Weeducation, and Xia Shanchen, vice-president
of Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association, attend the unveiling
ceremony of the International Students Community at the Weeducation
headquarters in New York on Wednesday. The Shanghai Overseas Returned
Scholars Association is an NGO that was created in 1913 by returned scholars
from overseas with expertise in a wide range of disciplines and professions.
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