Across Americas
Updated: 2013-05-03 12:04
(China Daily)
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New York: Card deal Executives of China UnionPay, the country's biggest card-payment processor, and Delaware-based Bancorp Inc on Monday toast their companies' partnership in issuing a new UnionPay prepaid card in the United States. From left: Dong Xiaojun, Chinese deputy consul general in New York; Bancorp CEO Betsy Cohen; and UnionPay Chairman Su Ning. zhang Yuwei / China Daily |
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Markham, Ontario: Good eating Markham, near Toronto, announced its 11th annual Taste of Asia festival on April 26. This year's event will take place the weekend of June 29-30, bringing an eclectic mix of Asian cuisine and culture to Ontario. The province's and Canada's diversity will be celebrated through live music, dancing, Chinese opera and demonstrations of martial arts. Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti and Ken Ng, chairman of the local Federation of Chinese Canadians, sample food prepared for the festival launch announcement. Li Na / China Daily |
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Washington: Judicial nominee US Representative Judy Chu of California is joined in her Capitol office by Raymond Chen, who has been nominated by President Barack Obama for a judgeship on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. This photo was taken on April 24, before Chen's testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is considering his nomination. Chen is currently the deputy general counsel for intellectual-property law at the US Patent and Trademark Office. Provided to China Daily |
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Stanford, California: On point Lawrence Lau (left), an economics professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Michael Armacost, a fellow at Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, take part in a panel discussion on Thursday on links between Asia and the center, which turns 30 this year. Yu Wei / China Daily |
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Seattle: Well done Cheng Gang, president of the China Foundation Center, congratulates professor Mary Kay Gugerty of the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs after a presentation on foundation training. The lecture was part of a summit on philanthropy hosted by the organization Global Women - Partners in Philanthropy. Representatives of nine government, nonprofit and academic organizations from Beijing and Shanghai are in Seattle to study the collective-giving model. Dneg Yu / China Daily |
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Boyds, Maryland: Masterful move The Washington Tai Chi (Taiji) Festival on April 27 attracted more than 150 practitioners of the ancient art. LEFT: Stephanie Mayer-Sattin, a music teacher at Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, performs at the festival. Mayer-Sattin has practiced tai chi for many years and has traveled to China to learn from masters at Wu Dang Mountain, birthplace of tai chi. She was formally accepted as a 16th-generation san feng pai disciple and lineage-holder in 2012, the first Western woman to achieve that status. ABOVE: David Walls-Kaufman (right) plays tai chi push-hands with a fellow practitioner. The festival was organized by Tai Chi Friends of Greater Washington. Sun Hong / For China Daily |
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Lancaster, California: Ready to roll Executives and civic leaders were on hand for Wednesday's opening of a BYD Co electric-bus factory in the Mojave Desert. BYD, which also makes batteries, is the first Chinese company to produce vehicles in the US. It plans to build as many as 1,000 plug-in electric buses a year. From left: Vice-Mayor Marvin Crist; Bill Allen, president of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp; Stella Li, BYD Motors president; Michael Antonovich, a member of the county Board of Supervisors, and his wife, Christine; Mayor R. Rex Parris; and Councilwoman Sandra Johnson. Wang Jun / China Daily |
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San Jose, California: Business conferees The organization China Silicon Valley and the City of San Jose jointly hosted an April 29 reception for a delegation of Chinese business executives led by Li Jiange, chairman of China International Capital Corp. From left: Li; Peter Darling, senior vice-president of the US Market Access Center; and Madison Nguyen, San Jose vice-mayor. Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
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San Francisco: Show time The San Francisco Film Society, organizer of the city's international film festival, co-hosted a reception with the local branch of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, which arranged screenings of Hong Kong movies for the 56th annual event. From left: Vanessa Hope, wife of Film Society Executive Director Ted Hope; Society board member Penelope Wong; Hope; and Subrina Chow, director of the HKETO in San Francisco. Chen Jia / China Daily |
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Potomac, Maryland: School-to-school Joan Benz, principal of Winston Churchill High School in Maryland's Montgomery County, describes a planned sister-school relationship with a top high school in Xi'an, China, during an information session on an upcoming trip to China by county officials. Next to Benz is Stew Edelstein, executive director of the University of Maryland's Shady Grove campus. County officials, along with civic and education leaders, will visit China in September. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
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Santa Clara, California: Gearing up Representatives of Chinese manufacturers Hisense, Lenovo and Beijing Electronics will join counterparts from about 20 US companies at the 2013 High Tech Job Fair on Saturday in Santa Clara, California. The job fair is hosted by the Chinese American Semiconductor Professional Association. Discussing the event are Tony Ahwal (left), vice-president of SK Hynix Memory Solutions, and Peng Liang, chairman and president of CASPA. Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
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New York: Fashion fans Visitors check out part of Front Row, an exhibition on Chinese-American fashion designers that is now open at the Museum of Chinese in America. The show features clothes designed by Vera Wang, Jason Wu and 14 others. Zhang Shaowei / China Daily |
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New York: Artistic flair Arise Jin, 14, performs during the final stage of the American Youth Talent and Art Contests on April 28 in the borough of Queens. Almost 400 young Chinese-Americans took part in the competition, which is now in its third year and takes three months. Its goals are to "promote the comprehensive development of young people" while sustaining traditional Chinese art and culture. Zou Bin / Courtesy of The China Press |
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Washington: Scholarly set ABOVE: Zhu Feng (center), a professor in international studies of Peking University, and Jin Canrong (left), who teaches at Beijing's Renmin University of China, chat with participants after serving as panelists in a discussion on Monday about North Korea. The discussion took place at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Chen Weihua / China Daily |
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