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Updated: 2013-01-11 12:22
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Sharing views Kurt Campbell (seated right), US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, takes a question from Xia Liping, dean of the School of Political Science and International Relations at Shanghai's Tongji University, during a discussion on Thursday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. To the left of Campbell is Jessica Mathews, Carnegie president. The daylong Crux of Asia forum drew speakers from China, India and the United States on topics such as the global order, regional security, space security and the search for energy security. It coincided with this week's publication of Crux of Asia, a book of essays by Chinese and Indian scholars on their countries' perspectives on various global and regional issues. David Shambaugh, a George Washington University professor, and Shen Dingli, from Shanghai's Fudan University, and Zha Daojiong, a Peking University professor, also spoke at the forum. Photo by Sun Chenbei / China Daily |
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Qingming Riverside made its North American debut on Jan 4 at Sony Centre for the Performing Arts. Inspired by a famous Chinese scroll painting, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, the Hong Kong Dance Company's spectacle animates the famous work and a prosperous point in Chinese history - the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty during the early 12th century. Provided to China Daily |
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Toronto: Mixed-media musical Zhang Junsai (center), China's ambassador to Canada, and Gloria Lo, director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Toronto, chat with Mark Hammond, programming director at Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, and his wife before Qingming Riverside. Li Na / China Daily |
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Toronto: Well-wishers Chinese Ambassador to Canada Zhang Junsai (left) and Wu Dongmei, deputy consul general in Toronto, congratulate China Daily on the recent launch of its North America edition in Canada. Li Na / China Daily |
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New York: Economic assessment Justin Yifu Lin (left), former chief economist and senior vice-president of the World Bank, speaks to a participant at a forum on China's 2013 economic outlook organized by the National Committee on United States-China Relations and the China Center for Economic Research on Monday. The growth in China's gross domestic product will be 8 percent to 8.5 percent this year, faster than in 2012 and with inflation under control, Lin said. Qin Xiao, Lu Feng and Huang Haizhou were among other prominent economists who shared their views at the forum. Yu Wei / China Daily |
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Gaithersburg, Maryland: By heart Richard Furchtgott (left), 14, and his brother Theodore, 16, recite a poem in Chinese at an event organized by the Council of Chinese Alumni Associations of Greater Washington on Jan 5. The poem was Just For Today by Frank Crane, an American writer of the early 20th century. The Furchtgott brothers learned Mandarin from their babysitters and studied the language in weekend classes. They now attend a private school in Maryland and visit China occasionally. More than 30 Chinese and American performance groups attended the event. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
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Bellevue, Washington: Northwest networking Rogers Weed (center), director of Washington state's commerce department, talks to a representative of a Chinese company at a reception on Wednesday in Bellevue, near Seattle. The event was intended to connect Chinese enterprises with state officials and private-sector leaders. Deng Yu / China Daily |
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