Across Americas
Updated: 2013-03-08 12:35
(China Daily)
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Los Angeles: Vocal energy Chinese singer Song Zuying performs at the Shrine Auditorium on March 1, the third stop on a US concert tour that previously brought her to New York and Washington. Yang Lei / Xinhua |
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New York: Gubernatorial gift Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy (right) accepts a calligraphy presented by a representative of the Hong Kong Association of New York at its Trans-Pacific gala at Manhattan's Yale Club on Monday. Inscribed on the scroll are words written by the Chinese philosopher Mencius (372–289 BC), from Shandong, with which Connecticut established a sister-state relationship 25 years ago. Malloy visited China in September on a trade mission. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily |
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Bethesda, Maryland: Painterly impressions Chinese-American artist Huang Shanye (left), whose work is inspired by the culture of his Zhuang ethnic group, stands next to one of his paintings with Stella Berstein, director of the Ratner Museum near Washington, before the Feb 28 opening of an exhibit featuring Huang and six other contemporary artists. Huang incorporated the lyrics of Zhuang love songs into some of the paintings in the show. His work has been shown at several galleries and museums in the US. LOUISA Liu / For China Daily |
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Toronto: Trading touted With its $2.2 billion acquisition of the London Metal Exchange last year, Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd is now a leading international trading platform, said Michael Chan, assistant vice-president of the company's global markets division, at a Tuesday luncheon. The event was co-hosted by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office and the Hong Kong-Canada Business Association. From left: Gloria Lo, HKETO director; Chan; and David Matheson, honorary adviser to the Federation of Hong Kong Business Associates Worldwide. Photo Provided by HKETO |
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Santa Clara, California: Data discussion The Chinese American Semiconductor Professional Association, the leading group of Chinese-Americans working in the chip-making industry, had its 2013 spring symposium on March 2. Industry experts discussed silicon, data storage and analytics, and cloud computing. From left: Dennis McGuirk, president and CEO of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International; Sam Gao, senior director of Intel Corp's Mobile and Communications Group; and Liang Peng, CASPA president. Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
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San Francisco: Art fun Children check out masks displayed at the Asian Art Museum on Wednesday. The institution's annual arts festival for schoolchildren, begun in 1987, runs through Sunday. Liu Yilin / Xinhua |
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Irvine, California: College try Student vocalists take their turn at the microphone in the Voice of UC Irvine competition at a Spring Festival event on March 3 on the University of California, Irvine, campus. The holiday gala was sponsored by the university's Chinese Students and Scholars Association. Wang Jun / China Daily |
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Seattle: Partnership panel Nongovernmental partnerships between China and the US was the topic of a discussion on Tuesday hosted by international-a:airs students at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public A:airs. Suisheng Zhao, executive director of the Center for China-US Cooperation and a University of Denver professor, answers a question during the event. His fellow panelists were Joseph Borich (left), former US consul general in Shanghai and president of the Washington State China Relations Council; Bellevue, Washington, Mayor Conrad Lee (center); and Bill Center (not show in the photo), senior adviser to the Evans school's Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program. Deng Yu / China Daily |
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Los Angeles: Good job Sam Yue (right), an o3cial of the Chamber of Commerce in Alhambra, a city in Los Angeles County, congratulates employees of Wells Fargo & Co after the banking company's recent first job fair to recruit Mandarin speakers. Joseph Chow (second from right), a Wells Fargo district manager, said the bank has a number of Asian-language speakers on sta: but is seeking to hire more to meet customers' needs. Wang Jun / China Daily |
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Toronto: Info-mining A symposium on investing in China's mining sector is hosted by the Canada China Chamber of Commerce and the China Mining Association on Monday. Panelists included from left: Tian He, senior manager of Baosteel Resources Co; David Bo, chairman of Noah Capital Corp; Janet Lee, a partner at Norton Rose LLP; Michael Wang, president of WISCO Canada; and Dickson Hall, senior vicepresident for corporate development at Hunter Dickinson Inc. Li Na / China Daily |
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New York: Calling on avon Avon Products Inc on Wednesday hosted a tour of its research and development facility in Su:ern, New York. Luo Xiaochun (right), Avon's chief science o3cer, discusses how the company used its Shanghai R&D center to better address Chinese consumers' demands. Jennifer Vargas, Avon's head of corporate communications, is at left. Hu Haidan / China Daily |
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Salem, Oregon: Welcome guest Gao Zhansheng, China's consul general in San Francisco, meets with Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber on Feb 28 after a visit to the state House of Representatives. Lawmakers unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing Gao's contribution to cooperation between Oregon and China as well as efforts to promote political, economic and cultural exchanges. Provided to China Daily |
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Ottawa: Deal follow-up Executives of China National O:shore Oil Corp, led by the company's president, Wang Yilin, visited Canada's capital, Ottawa, on March 1. At a meeting with Victor Oh, a member of the Canadian Senate from Ontario, the CNOOC delegation discussed progress on their company's acquisition of Alberta-based energy company Nexen Inc. Canadian authorities in December approved the $15.1 billion acquisition, which is China's biggest foreign takeover. From left, Lu Feng, a CNOOC director; Oh; Wang; and Fang Zhi, CNOOC vicepresident. Photo Provided to China Daily |
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New York: Road's end Cast members of the dance production Silk Road greet the audience after their performance on Saturday at the David H. Koch Theater, part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. After four shows in New York, Silk Road closed its US tour in Boston on Sunday. This production, supported by the China Arts and Entertainment Group, was the second time China's Gansu dance troupe has perform Silk Road in the US. In 2011, the troupe performed in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington. Liu Yuhan / China Daily |
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 Anne Shen Smith, CEO of Southern California Gas Co, holds the Deborah award she received from the Anti-Defamation League at a ceremony on Wednesday. Smith, who immigrated to the United States from Taiwan in 1964, is active in civic affairs, including serving on the public advisory committee of the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission and the Los Angeles City Environmental Affairs Commission. The ADL, founded in 1913 by the Jewish civic organization B’nai B’rith, is dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism and promoting human rights. WANG JUN / CHINA DAILY |
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