Across America
Updated: 2013-08-09 12:45
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New entrepreneurs Five Chinese students graduated on Aug 2 from Draper University of Heroes, a Silicon Valley-based unconventional boarding school for young entrepreneurs from around the world. The university is the brainchild of Tim Draper, a third-generation venture capitalist who is founder and managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a company known for its successful investment in Skype, Overture.com, Baidu, Parametric Technology, Hotmail, and hundreds of others. From left: Hongyu Zhou; Zhexi Liao; Andrew Li; Tim Draper; Tianyu Zhang; Allen Houng and Sicong Ma. San Francisco, Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
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Local leadership The new Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles Liu Jian and his wife Chen Xiaoling meet with Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich and wife Chrisine Hu (left). Liu said he appreciates Antonovich's efforts over the last few years to build a stronger relationship with China. Los Angeles, Provided to China Daily |
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New media curation Wei-ching Chen (left) and Lih-huei Lai have curated a gallery collection that focuses on Asia-based new media artists. The exhibit, inToAsia: Time-based Art Festival 2013 - MicroCities, opened on Wednesday at the Stephan Stoyanov Gallery in New York and will remain on display through the end of August. New York, Caroline Berg / China Daily |
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Art market trends Hu Zhixiang (center), a Fudan University professor and expert on China's art and antique authentication, speaks to Ben Chen (right), president of the Chinese Enterprise Association of Northern California, and Vivien Wang, a partner at Deloitte, at an event where he spoke to a Silicon Valley audience about China's arts market history and trends in the past two decades. The talk was sponsored by Deloitte, K&L Gates, and the Chinese Enterprise Association on Aug 2 in Palo Alto, California. San Francisco, Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
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Arts exchange A student ensemble from Xuhui Middle School in Shanghai plays traditional Chinese instruments at the 3rd US-China Youth Cultural and Art Festival at George Washington University on Aug 3 in Washington. Organized by A&C International Foundation and Beijing Charming School, the festival brought more than a dozen student performing groups from both countries together on stage. Washington, Cai Chunying / China Daily |
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Sounds of Asia Above: Artist Chung-kun Wang demonstrates his sound.of.suitcase - E#01 (2013) interactive sound sculpture at a press conference on Wednesday to introduce a new exhibit at the Stephan Stoyanov Gallery in New York. The exhibit, inToAsia: Time-based Art Festival 2013 - MicroCities, focuses on Asia-based new media artists and will remain on display through the end of August. New York, Caroline Berg / China Daily |
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Paper cuts A Chinese teacher from the Confucius Institute at Portland State University demonstrates the art of Chinese paper folding and cutting for visitors at Lan Su Chinese Garden on Friday. The event was part of the Chinese Culture and Language Day program by the Confucius Institute at PSU. Portland, Provided to China Daily |
(China Daily USA 08/09/2013 page12)
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