Across America
Updated: 2013-08-02 11:36
(China Daily)
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Washington: Learning about opera Cui Tiankai (right), Chinese ambassador to the United States, chats with Sun Ping (second from right) and her husband Ye Jinsen, both renowned Peking Opera performers and educators; and Li Hong, the newly-arrived minister consul of cultural affairs, at the Chinese embassy in Washington on July 26. The couple was invited by the embassy to give a lecture to an American audience on the history and characteristics of this classical Chinese art form. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
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Washington: Meeting the press Shawn A. Bray, director of INTERPOL Washington (US National Central Bureau), greeting and answering questions from a visiting foreign media group including China Daily USA and People's Daily, on Tuesday, July 30, in Washington. The tour was organized by the Foreign Press Center. Sun Chenbei / China Daily |
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New York: Book talk Lionel Vairon, a former French diplomat, signs his new book China Threat? The Challenges, Myths and Realities of China's Rise at his book launch in New York last Thursday. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily |
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New York: Women's voices Filmmakers (from left) Nadine Truong, Di Quon, Christine Choy and S. Casper Wong speak at a panel titled "Where are the Asian Women in Film?" at New York's Museum of Chinese in America. Kelly Chung Dawson / China Daily |
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Seattle: Cultural festival Deputy Consul General of China in San Francisco Yi Xianrong (left in back seat) and culture counselor Xiao Xiayong (right in back seat) wave to the crowd during this year's Chinatown Seafair Parade in Seattle on Sunday. Over 20,000 people attended the event, which featured displays of lion and dragon dancers, drill teams, beauty queens, floats, bands and martial arts. Provided to China Daily |
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San Francisco: Networking links Hisense Executive Vice-President Weiping Huang (left)talks to Patrick Houghton (center), managing director of Boucher-Lensch Associates LLC, and Eric Chen, managing director of SilverLake Venture Capitalist during its annual US hiring event in Santa Clara, California on July 27. Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
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New York: New post Dong Xiaojun, China's next ambassador to Jamaica, talks with media before departing his post as a Chinese deputy consul general to New York. Larry Lee / China Daily |
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Portland: Winning orators Winners of the 7th Chinese Speech Contest pose with LiuMeiru (first from right), director of thePortland State University Confucius Instituteon Saturday atLanSuChinese Park. The contest is co-hosted byPortland State SchoolofBusiness Administrationand the Confucius Institute at PSU. Liu Renmei / For China Daily |
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San Francisco: A colorful life Yuan Nansheng (right), consul general of China in San Francisco, and 96-year-old Zhong Wuxiong (left), open a scroll on July 28 to mark the start of shooting the documentary From Diplomat to World-Renowned Chef. The movie traces Zhong's life from a diplomat of the Republic of China in Houston during the late 1940s, to being the owner of a restaurant chain in the US serving crisp and spicy Hunan-style dishes, and now an advocate for peaceful reunification of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. Provided to China Daily |
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Houston: Energy links Xu Erwen, China's consul general in Houston, chats with James Duan, chief operating officer of China National Petroleum Corporation USA (CNPC USA), during her visit to CNPC USA's headquarters in Houston on July 29. Xu spoke about cooperation between China and the US in many areas including energy. She hopes CNPC will seize opportunities to make new contributions to further develop China-US trade and economic cooperation. Provided to China Daily |
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Chicago: Diplomatic ties China's Consul General in Chicago Zhao Weiping (right) met with South Korea's new Consul General in Chicago Kim Sang-Il. Kim arrived Chicago and assumed his new post as the Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Chicago on June 10. Provided to China Daily |
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New York: Opera Al Fresco Cast, musicians and crew gathered together before the Chinese American Arts Council's presentation of the Beijing style opera Romance of the Iron Bow in New York last Friday. The production was part of the Lincoln Center Out of Doors free summer events program. Caroline Berg / China Daily |
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San Diego: Panda party It was time to bake a birthday cake, wrap some presents, and take them to the San Diego Zoo on Monday - for the first birthday of a US-born male giant panda. Xiao Liwu, which means "little gift", is the sixth cub of 21-year-old giant panda Bai Yun, a female who has been on research loan to the US from China since 1996. Courtesy of The San Diego Zoo |
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College Park, Maryland: Teaching education Antoinette Lawson, director of the Office of Research Administration and Advancement at the University of Maryland, discusses grants management with a delegation from China University of Mining and Technology. The 21-member group from the Chinese university is on a US tour to learn higher-education management from their American counterparts. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
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Los Angeles: Community leader Charlie Woo, co-founder and CEO of Megatoys, receives the Philanthropy Leadership Award from the Asian Pacific Community Fund on July 31 in Los Angeles. Woo is known as the founder of the Los Angeles Toy District. He currently chairs the Workforce Investment Board for the City of Los Angeles, a body that oversees the nation's second largest workforce development system and has been recognized as a model program for the country. Liu Yiyi / For China Daily |
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Toronto: Gift exchange Deputy Minister Wendy Tilford (right) gives China Investment Promotion Agency Deputy Director General Wang Xu a gift of ice wine, an Ontario special local product. In return, Wang presented a set of Chinese porcelain. They also exchanged ideas about cooperation and collaboration on bilateral investment promotions as well as exploring new ways to further relations between Ontario and China. Li Na / China Daily |
(China Daily USA 08/02/2013 page12)
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