Across America
Updated: 2012-10-05 11:53
(China Daily)
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Washington: Scholarly set Henry Kissinger (center), former US secretary of state, talks with Stapleton Roy, former US ambassador to China, during a discussion, "China's New Leadership - Opportunity for the United States?", on Wednesday at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. To the left of the two men is National Public Radio's Melissa Block. At right are Cheng Li, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and David Lampton, China studies director at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Wilson Center President Jane Harman (standing) moderated the discussion. Sun Chenbei / China Daily |
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Washington: Trade talk Pascal Lamy (right), director-general of the World Trade Organization, makes a point to Kemal Dervis, head of global economy and development at the Brookings Institution, during a discussion on global trade at the think tank on Monday. Lamy said that a new way of measuring bilateral trade balances, emphasizing value-added terms, mean that China's $295 billion trade surplus with the United States would be halved. Tan Yingzi / China Daily |
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San Francisco: Calligraphy show Jerry Yang (left), co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo Inc, chats with Jay Xu, director of San Francisco's Asian Art Museum on Wednesday, before the opening of Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy. Works from Yang's personal collection, some dating back 700 years, form the exhibit's core. Xu said he hopes the exhibit will provide an understanding of Chinese culture from a new perspective. Chang Jun / China Daily |
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Washington: Now a quartet Performers from China's Guizhou province interact with audience member Daniel Wright at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Sept 28. The show featuring dozens of ethnic singers and dancers was presented by the Guizhou Culture Bureau and the Chinese Alumni Association of Greater Washington. Wright is a China expert who led the China practice at Albright Stonebridge Group and was the US Treasury Department's managing director for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
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North Carolina: Executive welcome North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue congratulates Lenovo Group's facility expansion in the Raleigh area on Tuesday. The world's second-biggest maker of PCs said its first US production line will create 115 manufacturing jobs. One of the company's two headquarters is in Morrisvile, North Carolina. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily |
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Palo Alto, California: Tech bonds The city of Palo Alto on Sept 27 signed an agreement to form a strategic economic partnership with Shanghai's Yangpu district that commits the two technology hubs to "explore mutual economic interaction" and "keep each other informed on important economic and civic issues". The signing was supported by the Bay Area Council, a business-advocacy group in the San Francisco area. From left: Chen Yu Jian, Yangpu's deputy magistrate; Jim Wunderman, Bay Area Council president; and Palo Alto Mayor Yiaway Yeh. Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
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Los Angeles: On the links Representatives from Chinese enterprises took part in the 2012 China Enterprise Council golf tournament on Sept 22 in City of Industry, California. CEC organized the event to celebrate China's 63rd National Day. Provided to China Daily |
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Seattle: Holiday cheer Gao Zhansheng, China's consul general in San Francisco, shares a toast with Chinese expatriates after the Chinese national flag was raised in a ceremony outside a Seattle restaurant on Sept 29. Washington state's lieutenant governor, Brad Owen, also attended the event, which combined commemorations of China's Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holiday. Deng Yu / China Daily |
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 Washington: DC WELCOME Victor Hoskins, deputy mayor for planning and economic development, offers remarks at the 14th Washington Chinese Cultural Festival, on the National Mall in front of the US Capitol, on Sept 30. The festival featured live performances as well as ethnic art from Guizhou province. Dignitaries attending included Yang Zigang (in red tie), a minister with the Chinese Embassy in the US, and Edward Chow (second right), Maryland secretary of veteran affairs. CAI CHUNYING / CHINA DAILY |
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 San Marino, California: GARDEN FEST Steven Koblik, president of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, speaks at a moon festival celebration on Wednesday evening in the institution’s Chinese-themed Garden of Flowing Fragrance. Over 200 people attended the event, which was organized by the Hong Kong Association of Southern California. WANG JUN / CHINA DAILY |
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