Across Americas
Updated: 2013-05-17 11:34
(China Daily)
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Los Angeles: Mayors meet Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (seated second from left) shakes hands with Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun as other cities' chief executives look on during the seventh Sino-US Mayors Summit on Tuesday. The summit focused on trade between China and the United States as well as the common challenge of making cities more sustainable. Front row, from left: Executive Director of the US Conference of Mayors Tom Cochran; Villaraigosa; Wang; and Secretary-General of the Chinese Association of Mayors Cui Hengde. Back row, from left: Mayors John Marks (Tallahassee, Florida), Jean Quan (Oakland, California), Donald Plusquellic (Akron, Ohio); Party Secretary of Urumqi Zhu Hailun; Deputy Mayor of Urumqi Li Hongbin; and Guiyang Mayor Li Zaiyong. Guo Ziwei / For China Daily |
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Costa Mesa, California: Whiff of literature Kilian Hennessy, founder of Kilian Fragrances and scion of the family that established what is now LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the French luxury-goods conglomerate, introduces his company's Flower of Immortality perfume at a Saks Fifth Avenue store on May 9. Hennessy said the new fragrance is inspired by the ancient Chinese fable The Peach Blossom Spring by Tao Yuanming. Wang Jun / China Daily |
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San Francisco: Doc discussion Chris Nebe (left), president of Los Angeles-based film production company Monarex, chats with former California assemblywoman Fiona Ma (right) at the May 11 opening of his documentary on China at the Great Star Theatre in San Francisco's Chinatown. Tina Yao, president of L&D Media Group, brought Nebe's production crew to China and co-hosted the film opening with the California Economic Development Commission. Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
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Seattle: Experts' exchange Sidney Rittenberg (center), an American journalist and Chinesespeaking linguist who lived in the country for many years, and the Atlantic's James Fallows receive applause after their talk on China at the ACT Theatre on Tuesday. The two China experts discussed the country's emergence as a global power, prospects and challenges for US-China relations, and priorities for the new Chinese leadership. The event was organized by the Washington State China Relations Council. Deng Yu / China Daily |
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Foster City, California: On biopharma At the Chinese-American Biopharmaceutical Society's annual conference on May 11, Jonathan Norris (left), managing director of Silicon Valley Bank, speaks with CABS President Wentao Zhang (center) and Ray Zhang (right), director of business promotion at Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, a Nanjing-based, US-listed maker of branded generic drugs. Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
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Santa Clara, California: Valley venture InnoSpring, the first Chinese-US technology-business incubator in Silicon Valley, celebrated its one-year anniversary on May 9. At the event, where founders said InnoSpring has invested $2 million to develop 12 startups, were, from left: Howard Chen, an intellectual-property lawyer with K&L Gates LLP; InnoSpring President Eugene Zhang; and Ken Gullicksen, chief operating officer of online-storage provider Evernote Corp. Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
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Washington: Musical journey Members of the Children's Chorus of Washington perform Jasmine Flower, a wellknown Chinese folk song incorporated into Puccini's opera Turandot, at a May 12 concert featuring music from China and other Asian countries. Accompanying the singers is erhu player Yang Yue. The choral group, composed of singers between ages 9 and 18 who represent some 90 schools in and around the District of Columbia, will tour China in July. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
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San Francisco: Ogling google Chinese software developers gather on Wednesday for the start of the three-day Google I/O developer conference, where the Silicon Valley giant behind Web browser Chrome and Android smartphones annually solicits input for its many applications. The 6,000 attendees at this year's I/O paid $900 for a ticket, or one-third above Google Inc's current share price. Chen Jia / China Daily |
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Costa Mesa, California: Celebrating diversity California Assemblyman Travis Allen speaks at the Diversity Visionary Awards on May 11. Eight community groups, including the Hong Kong Association of Southern California, Korean American Chamber of Commerce and Friends of Thailand International Network, organized the awards to recognize role models in the community as part of the nationwide Asian Pacific-American Heritage Month. Wang Jun / China Daily |
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San Jose, California: Contest kickoff Xia Xiang (left), commercial counselor at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, chats with Wang Hanguang, chairman of Beijing-based Hanhai Zhiye Investment Group, during a launch ceremony on Monday for the inaugural Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. Jointly sponsored by China's Zhongguancun Science Park, Entrepreneur China magazine and Hanhai Investment Z-Park, a San Jose technology incubator backed by Hanhai Zhiye and Zhongguancun, the competition will be conducted in stages, through November. Yu Wei / China Daily |
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New York: Helping hand Ray Tsway (Cui Baoyin), a Seattle-based comedian who goes by the stage name Brother Sway, talks to members of the New York branch of Peking University's alumni association at a May 10 event to announce the establishment of an emergency-assistance fund for Chinese students in the US. The idea for the fund was spurred by the death of one Chinese student and the injury of another in the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15. Hu Haidan / China Daily |
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Toronto: Buddhist blessing Over 200 people celebrated the Buddha's birthday and enjoyed a baby-blessing ceremony on Mother's Day, May 12, at Fo Guang Shan Temple. In this photo, Natasha Eden and her four children - from left, Zeus, Lolly, Matt and Lauren - pour perfumed holy water over the shoulders and chest of a Buddha figure. Li Na / China Daily |
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Toronto: Scholarship awards Fifteen students from four Canadian universities - Toronto, Waterloo, Western and Manitoba - were awarded National Outstanding Students Scholarships on Wednesday from the China Scholarship Council. The scholarship, worth $6,000 each, goes to outstanding overseas Chinese postgraduate students who are financing their own education. More than 3,000 students have received a NOSS scholarship since the program's founding in 2003. In this photo, Wu Dongmei (seated, center), China's deputy consul general in Toronto, is surrounded by scholarship winners during the presentation ceremony. Li Na / China Daily |
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New York: Lacquer master Artist Zhang Wenzhi stands in front of her lacquer painting New Sacred Calligraphy Gold No 7, part of an exhibition of her work at the Asian Cultural Center in Manhattan. The show, Back to Renaissance, which will be open through May 26, features works by Zhang that were inspired by neoclassical Chinese lacquer artists. Each of the 32 works is available for sale, with prices from $6,000 to $240,000. Hu Haidan / China Daily |
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