Across Americas
Updated: 2013-05-10 11:33
(China Daily)
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Seattle: Air award The Seattle office of Hainan Airlines celebrated its 20th anniversary on Thursday at the landmark Space Needle. The Chinese carrier also marked five years since the start of its Seattle-Beijing route. Liang Pubin (second from left), general manager of Hainan Airlines North America, holds a letter of congratulation from the Washington state government that was presented by Antonio Sanchez (second from right), the state's director of economic development and international relations. Tay Yoshitani, CEO of the Port of Seattle, is at far left. Deng Yu / China Daily |
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Washington: Calligraphy celebrated Peg Barratt, dean of arts and sciences at George Washington University, opens a calligraphy exhibition on May 3 at the university's newly established Confucius Institute. The show features the work of 13 Chinese artists and a section devoted to calligraphy pieces by American students. The Confucius Classroom in Denver, which teaches and promotes Chinese calligraphy, organized the exhibition as part of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
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Seattle: Education exchange LEFT: Fifty students from Hainan Secondary School in China visited Seattle's Nathan Hale High School on May 3, and both groups of teenagers performed at an assembly. From left: Hainan Secondary School Principal Ma Xiangyang, Nathan Hale Principal Jill Hudson and Mark Wen, president of the Washington State China Chamber of Commerce, have their photo taken following the assembly. Deng Yu / China Daily |
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Sunnyvale, California: Benefit performance Yang Ru, a calligraphy artist, writes as college student Wang Jianlin plays the flute during a May 4 fund-raising concert for victims of the April 20 earthquake in China's Sichuan province. Money raised at the event, which featured professional and student performers from around the Bay Area, was being channeled through the Chinese consulate-general in San Francisco to people affected by the quake. Almost 200 people died and some 12,000 were injured in the disaster. Yu Wei / China Daily |
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New York: Different strokes ABOVE: Guests at a May 4 anniversary celebration for the Confucius Institute on Pace University's Manhattan campus practice calligraphy. The institute, which opened in 2009, offers credit-bearing and non-credit classes in Chinese language. Caroline Berg / China Daily |
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Toronto: Open invitation The Buddhist Association of Canada and Toronto's Cham Shan Temple will host spiritual meetings and vegetarian banquets on May 17 and June 9 to commemorate the birth of the Shakyamuni Buddha and raise money for Mount Wutai Temple in Ontario. Shi Dayi (center), president of the association and abbot of Cham Shan Temple, announces the upcoming events, which are open to all people and groups interested in Buddhism. Li Na / China Daily |
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Toronto: Having a ball The Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto will host an Imperial Ball on May 25 to raise money for a Heritage Hall on its premises. The theme of this year's ball is Panda Magic, in recognition of the recent transfer to the Toronto Zoo of two giant pandas, Da Mao and Er Shun, from China. The event will include performances by an acrobatic troupe from Sichuan province and dancers from the school of Toronto's City Ballet. At a news conference on Tuesday to announce the event, a member of the ballet school performs a "bamboo dance". Provided to China Daily |
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Washington: Experienced hands Yang Ning, a professor of Chinese at George Mason University, shows Sierra Page, a fifth-grader from Fairfax, Virginia, how to make a Chinese paper-cut decoration as the girl's mother looks on. The May 4 arts presentation was co-sponsored by the Confucius Institute at George Mason and the Goethe-Institut, which promotes German language and culture. The two organizations have collaborated on a number of projects in recent years to encourage appreciation of their home countries' cultures. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
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New York: Promoting sustainable tourism A visitor at United Nations headquarters on Wednesday looks over photos in an exhibition on sustainable development and tourism in Beijing. The Chinese capital, which initiated the World Tourism Cities Federation, sponsored the exhibit to promote sustainable tourism in conjunction with the Chinese UN mission's hosting a seminar on the topic. Niu Xiaolei / Xinhua |
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Trenton, New Jersey: Picture this May China, an exhibition at the New Jersey State Museum, features works by prominent artists in western China and the United States. Organized by the local government in Karamay, in China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the exhibit was displayed at United Nations headquarters in New York in April. Kelly Chung Dawson / China Daily |
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Toronto: Economic overview Fan Gang, director of China's National Economic Research Institute, gives a speech on Tuesday to members of the Canada China Business Council about the state of the Chinese economy and the country's transition toward an economic model that is more sustainable socially, technologically and environmentally. To the left of Fan during a question-and-answer session is Peter Harder, president of the business council. Li Na / China Daily |
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Washington: On sea security Jonathan Pollack (second from right), director of the Brookings Institution's John L. Thornton China Center, and Ashley Roach, a lawyer who formerly worked in the US State Department's Office of the Legal Adviser, chat with attendees after a Monday panel discussion at the Stimson Center on security in the South China Sea. Chen Weihua / China Daily |
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Santa Ana, California: Business potential Xu Guanju, vice-chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and chairman of the conglomerate Transfar Group, presents a gift to Kevin Maloney, president and CEO of Quantum Sphere Inc, at the nanotechnology company's headquarters on Monday. The visit was part of a tour by Xu and five other Chinese businesspeople interested in forming partnerships with US companies in the nanotechnology and stem-cell-research sectors. Wang Jun / China Daily |
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San Francisco: Moving tribute People celebrate during the 2013 Asian-Pacific American Heritage performing-arts awards ceremony on Monday at the SF Jazz Center. Awards were presented to Asian-Pacific American artists and organizations for inspirational leadership, lifetime achievement and community impact. The ceremony was part of the ongoing US commemoration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. Yu Wei / China Daily |
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