Across Americas
Updated: 2013-06-21 11:31
(China Daily)
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Honolulu, Hawaii: Aloha! Qiu Shaofang (right), Chinese consul general in San Francisco, attended a farewell reception in Hawaii in Monday. Hawaii governor Neil Abercrombie (left) also attended the gathering. Qiu is scheduled to leave his post in July. Provided To China Daily |
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Washington: Fan club Chinese ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai (second from right) attended a reception for a Chinese fan painting exhibition at the Meridian International Center in Washington on Tuesday. From left: Chen Ping, professor of China Central Academy of Fine Arts, whose work is featured in the exhibition; Stuart Holliday, president and CEO of the Meridian International Center; Li Xiaolin, president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, a co-sponsor of the exhibition; Cui; and Curtis Sandberg, the center's senior vice-president for the arts. Sun Chenbei / China Daily |
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Chicago: Promoting exchange On June 12, Chinese Consul General in Chicago Zhao Weiping (right) meets with the mayor of Urbana, Illinois, Lauren Lunt Prussing, at the Chinese Consulate-General and exchanged views on promoting cooperation between China and Urbana in a variety of fields. Provided To China Daily |
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Toronto: River tourism The 2013 Explore the Magical Yangtze campaign presentation and gala dinner, hosted jointly by the China National Tourist Office in Toronto and an official industry delegation from China, was held on Wednesday at Richmond Hill. Guests at the gala included from left: David Goldstein, president and CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada; Michael Chan, Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport; Zhu Mengming, director-general of the China National Tourism Administration; Fang Li, consul general of the People's Republic of China in Toronto; Tim Hudak, leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, and a member of the Chinese delegation. Li Na / China Daily |
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Los Angeles: Think Asia, think Hong Kong Deputy Consul General Bian Lixin (second from right) meets with Donald Tong (left), the Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs in the United States on Friday at China's Consulate General in Los Angeles. Joining them were Hong Kong Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Gregory So (second from left) and business consul Shu Luomei (right). The two Hong Kong officials came to California for a seminar entitled Think Asia, Think Hong Kong. Provided To China Daily |
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San Francisco: Tech tribute Bi Gang, deputy consulgeneral of the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco, addresses the 70th anniversary ceremony of the Chinese American Institute of Engineers and Scientists (CAIES) on Saturday. Bi acknowledged the positive role CAIES has been playing in facilitating Sino-US exchanges in the fields of science and technology. Provided To China Daily |
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New York: Open day Sun Guoxiang (front row center), China's consul general in New York, poses for a photo with guests during the general consulate's open-house day on Sunday. Zhao Chenyan / China Daily |
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College Park, Maryland: China bound The high school students pictured here are among 20 from Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware that will travel to China this July to attend the 2013 Chinese Bridge Summer Camp in Beijing and Zhejiang province. The camp is sponsored by the Confucius Institute headquarters in Beijing. The photo was taken during one of their information sessions hosted by the Confucius Institute at the University of Maryland on June 15 in College Park. Provided To China Daily |
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Foster City, California: Fostering friendship Pam Frisella (right), mayor of Foster City, California, receives a certificate of appreciation from Sun Yebao, mayor of Penglai, Shandong Province, during a Penglai delegation's investment workshop in Foster City on June 19. The event, co-organized by the US-China Shandong Friendship Association and the American Asia Development Association, was intended to promote potential cooperative efforts between Penglai and California. Yu Wei / China Daily |
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Los Angeles: The next decade Alan Wong (left), executive director of the China-US Exchange Foundation, and Clayton Dube, executive director of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, share ideas at the "US-China 2022: Economic Relations in the Next Ten Years" panel discussion held in Los Angeles on June 17. Based in Hong Kong, the foundation is a non-governmental organization founded by its Chairman Tung Chee-hwa, former chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Chen Jia / China Daily |
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Portland, Oregon: Brushing up Chinese artist Yin Baohua of Tianjin gives a painting demonstration to tourists at Portland's Lan Su Chinese Garden Friday. The Chinese calligraphy and painting exhibition was sponsored by the Confucius Institute at Portland State University and celebrated Chinese artists Ma Weihua, Yang Shixun, and Liu Zhenjiang also took part in the event. Provided To China Daily |
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San Francisco: Confucius smiles Attendees share a light-hearted moment at the Confucius Institute of San Jose State University's one-week training program for Chinese teachers, which started June 9. Organizers invited professors of Chinese language and literature from Beijing Normal University to give live lectures and hold seminars with the teachers. Provided To China Daily |
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New York: Master strokes Marking the 30th anniversary of Zhang Daqian's death, the Asian-American Cultural Foundation hosted a retrospective exhibition of 60 of the artist's most famous pieces. The exhibition ends on June 23. Hu Haidan / China Daily |
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New York: Developing partnerships Russell Hotzler, president of New York City College of Technology, and Robert Paaswell, a professor at City College of New York, chat at the Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporations Sixth Annual Benefit & Awards Gala at Jing Fong Restaurant in New York's Chinatown on Thursday. Kelly Chung Dawson / China Daily |
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New York: Chinese buddha In conjuction with the 10-part Exporting Enlightenment series at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York, assistant curator of Asian Art at the Brooklyn Museum Susan Beningson gave a presentation on "How the Buddha Became Chinese" on June 19. Beningson explored the introduction of Buddhism into China, the evolution of the Buddha image and how this image was transformed and assimilated to fit into China's unique traditions. Caroline Berg / China Daily |
(China Daily USA 06/21/2013 page13)
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