Across Americas
Updated: 2013-03-15 11:51
(China Daily)
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Irvine, California: Natural exhibition Joseph Huff, vice-president of the China Natural Ingredients Union, speaks at the organization's inaugural event on Sunday. The 11-member CNIU, established by the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products, is intended to bring together US and Chinese makers of natural-ingredients products for sharing of know-how and best practices in marketing, regulatory compliance, and research and development. Wang Jun / China Daily |
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Los Angeles: Celebrating women Han Laixiang, the wife of China's consul general in Los Angeles, Qiu Shaofang, gives a speech at the 2013 International Women's Day reception at the Chinese consulate on March 8. Wang Jun / China Daily |
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Beverly Hills, California: Drawing names A calligraphy artist draws names in Chinese characters on Tuesday for the Beautiful China Spring Soiree, organized by the China National Tourist Office to introduce its Beautiful China tourism marketing campaign in the United States and other countries. Wang Jun / China Daily |
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Toronto: On development Joseph Fewsmith (center), a Boston University political-science professor, and Victor Falkenheim (right), professor emeritus of East Asian studies at the University of Toronto, chat with members of the university's Northshore Society, a Chinese students' group, at a March 9 conference. The three-day event, known as INDepth (Interrogating Notions of Development and Progress), was organized by the Pan-Asia Student Society and the Asian Institute on campus. Li Na / China Daily |
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Toronto: Education exchange A delegation of education officials from Hong Kong this week visited Ontario's Education Quality and Accountability Office and the Ontario Principals' Council for discussions on student assessment in the Canadian province. At a conference on Tuesday with Hong Kong natives studying at the University of Toronto are, from left at table, Chan Ka-Ki, Hong Kong's deputy education secretary, and Education Secretary Eddie Ng Hak-kim. Seated behind Chan is Tong Chong-sze, secretary general of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority; behind Ng is Gloria Lo, director of the Toronto branch of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office. Photo Provided by HKETO |
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Toronto: Community ties The Confederation of Toronto Chinese Canadian Organizations held its annual installation ceremony on March 9. The confederation, founded in 1985, links Chinese-immigrant communities in Canada's biggest city and helps Chinese-Canadians assimilate. Its 70 member organizations represent 700,000 Torontonians. Attendees included, from left: City Councillor Norm Kelly, newly appointed confederation president Wei Chengyi, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and outgoing confederation president Chin Lee. Li Na / China Daily |
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Toronto: Fashion fans China's consulate in Toronto hosted a fashion show on March 8 in conjunction with International Women's Day. Diplomats from the consulate and their families took part in the show, which represent clothing from Chinese culture. Consul General Fang Li (second from right), dressed in Tibetan garb, joins fellow participants in applauding a display of traditional clothing of China's ethnic minority groups. Li Na / China Daily |
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Los Angeles: Executive honoree Anne Shen Smith, CEO of Southern California Gas Co, holds the Deborah award she received from the Anti-Defamation League at a ceremony on March 6. 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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Seattle: Learning platform The Seattle Chinese Garden, a community group, and the Confucius Institute of Washington State presented a new project, Chinese Corner, on Wednesday that provides a means to bring together students, faculty members and Seattle-area residents interested in studying Mandarin and learning about Chinese culture. The project's first class was co-taught by Zhang Ming Qiu and Gary Tribble. Deng Yu / China Daily |
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New York: Taiwan-based playwright Wei-Jan Chi and Beijing-based playwright and theater director Meng Jinghui share a laugh during the panel discussion, "Playwrights of the Chinese World: Beijing, Hong Kong, New York, Shanghai, Taipei," held at the Asia Society in New York on Monday. Caroline Berg / China Daily |
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Washington: Introductions coming Christina Stouder (far left), a Chinese-language teacher at Washington Latin Public Charter School, encourages her students to introduce themselves in Mandarin before a 5-kilometer race last Saturday to raise money for the classmates' planned trip to China. Along with sightseeing, the American teenagers will get a chance to meet residents of the central Chinese city of Changsha, where they'll stay on a school campus and volunteer at a local school and an orphanage, among other activities. Sun Chenbei / China Daily |
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New York: Perusing art Above left: Visitors view pieces from the Jadestone Gallery of Portland, Oregon, that are displayed in New York as part of Asia Week, a citywide presentation of Asian art that includes exhibitions, auctions and special events. Asia Week involves 43 experts on Asian art, five auction houses, and 17 museums and cultural institutions. Above right: Martha Sutherland, owner of M. Sutherland Fine Arts gallery, discusses Chinese Abstraction Now, an exhibit included in the contemporary-arts program Asia Week New York, on Wednesday. The exhibit runs from March 18 to 23 and features paintings by Zhu Jinshi, Jia Youfu, Hai Tao and Liang Quan, as well as sculptures by Chen Wenling. Caroline Berg / China Daily |
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Seattle: Spring scene Local artists perform Peking opera and folk dances as part of a spring celebration last Saturday hosted by organizations representing Seattle's overseas-Chinese community. Deng Yu / China Daily |
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