Across America
Updated: 2013-08-16 11:24
(China Daily)
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Houston: Diplomatic discussion US Congressman Al Green met with Chinese consul general for Houston Xu Erwen in Houston on Aug 11. Xu briefed the congressman on the recent summit between President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama, and on developments in China-US relations. Provided to China Daily |
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Los Angeles: Chinese garden Huntington Library president Steven Koblik displays a rendering of the second phase of Huntington Library's Chinese Garden to Chinese Consul General Liu Jian and his wife on Aug 2. The newly arrived consul general said the consulate general will continue to support the construction of the garden. Provided to China Daily |
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New York: Supporting young scholars University of Rochester President Joel Seligman, scholarship recipient Matthew Chin and the Chinese consul general to New York, Sun Guoxiang, after the school's China Scholarship Recipient Reception and Ceremony on Monday. The scholarship, which was co-founded by the Chinese Consulate General in New York and the China Scholarship Council, aims to help American students who want to study in China. Provided to China Daily |
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New York: Business talks Douglas Zeng (left), vice-chairman of the China-US Chamber of Commerce and senior economist with the World Bank, talked to a guest during the Chamber's business conference series on Wednesday in New York. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily |
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Los Angeles: Drive for success Members of Team Final-E from Beijing University of Technology explain their car design to judges at the Formula E World Cup on Aug 8 on the campus of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Four teams from Beijing University of Technology and Tsinghua University participated in the competition. Liu Yiyi / For China Daily |
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Washington: Rallying against drones Medea Benjamin (left), co-founder of Code Pink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement, talks to China Daily reporter Chen Weihua (center) on Tuesday afternoon while leading an anti-drone protest outside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. The protest was timed to coincide with the meeting of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. About a dozen men and women took part in the protest, holding banners and shouting anti-drone slogans. Sun Chenbei / China Daily |
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San Francisco: Showcasing talented youth Andy Wang, a senior high school student from the Bay Area, presents his comparative study about the education systems of the US and China on Saturday at the 2013 International Youth Conference. Judges at the one-day youth event, from left: Ping Wu, a founding partner of Summitview Capital and Spreadtrum; Thomas Gold, professor in the Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley; and Haotian Sun, co-president of the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars at Stanford University. Chang Jun / China Daily |
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Denver: Diplomacy at school On July 30, Chinese Consul General Zhao Weiping (second from left) met with Ambassador Christopher R. Hill (center), former US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs and incumbent dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, Colorado. Provided to China Daily |
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New York: Book talk Orville Schell (left), director of the Center on US-China Relations at the Asia Society, posed for a photo with a guest as he promoted his new book titled Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-First Century at the China-US Chamber of Commerce conference on Wednesday in New York. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily |
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New York: Martial arts stars Film director Wong Kar-wai (left) joined actress Ziyi Zhang (center) and actor Tony Leung for the premiere of Wong's kung fu epic, The Grandmaster, at the Regal E-Walk Theater in Times Square, New York, on Tuesday night. Caroline Berg / China Daily |
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Los Angeles: Economic development From left: Stephen Perl, CEO of PMF Bancorp; Antwaun Griffin of the US and Foreign Commercial Service; Pu Huichuan from the China Foreign Trade Center; Jan Perry of the City of Los Angeles Economic Development Department; Liu Haiyan, consul of commerce of China in Los Angeles; and other members of PMF Bancorp at the 114th Canton Fair promotional event in Los Angeles on Aug 12. Canton Fair is China's No 1 fair linking US commodities to 1.3 billion consumers in China. Last year's fair was attended by 202,766 buyers from 211 countries and regions. Liu Yiyi / For China Daily |
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San Francisco: Remembering Asiana 214 Yuan Nansheng, Chinese consul general in San Francisco, spoke to the press on Aug 9 about the Asiana air crash, which occurred at San Francisco International Airport on July 6 with 307 passengers and crew aboard. Of the 141 Chinese passengers on board, three teenage students from Zhejiang province died and many others were injured. Chen Jia / China Daily |
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Toronto: Aerospace partnerships Rod Jones, executive director of the Ontario Aerospace Council, spoke at an event announcing AVICAST Inc, a joint-venture between AVIC International Zhuhai Co Ltd. and AGARO Ltd on Monday in Toronto. Jones discussed the need for Canadian-Chinese aerospace partnerships in a growing market. Li Na / China Daily |
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New York: Beauty queens Participants in TVB's 2013 Talent Show of Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant, the largest and most influential Asian beauty pageant on the East Coast, pose in New York. Liu Lian / China Daily |
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