Across America
Updated: 2013-10-11 11:08
(China Daily)
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San Francisco: Tech talk Stanford Graduate School of Business hosts the event China 2.0, featuring Tencent president Martin Lau and experts on US-China relations, innovation, opportunities and challenges facing the two countries. From left: Duncan Clark, chairman of BDA China; Marguerite Gong Hancock, director of China 2.0 and Silicon Valley Project; and Martin Lau of Tencent, the largest Internet company in China by revenue and market capitalization. Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
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Washington: New economies Zhu Min (center), deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, with Carman Reinhart, professor at Harvard University (left), and Yang Yanqing, moderator and deputy editor-in-chief of China Business News, speak at a forum titled Frontier Economies: The Next Generation of Emerging Markets. Sun Chenbei / China Daily |
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New York: Learning together Professors at an academic symposium held during a Chinese Cultural Exchange Day at Pace University, from left: Joseph Morreale, professor of economics at Pace University; Pan Zhen, associate dean of the Business School of Nanjing Normal University; Lu Honglin, professor of English at Nanjing Normal University; Li Bo, professor of Chinese literature at Nanjing Normal University; and Joseph Lee, professor of history at Pace University. Amy He / China Daily |
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Menlo Park, CA: Global innovation Naveen Dhar (right), vice-president of technology strategy and cooperation at Huawei US Research and Development, talks to a group of tech experts about the latest global technology innovations at a panel titled Deal Heat: Silicon Dragon and Tiger Meet the Valley on Oct 3 in Menlo Park, California. Yu Wei / China Daily |
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New York: Book spotlight Chinese author Gao Qiang's new book The Wealth of China: Untangling the Mystery of the World's Second Largest Economy is displayed on the Nasdaq screen in Times Square in New York. Based on the popular Chinese documentary China Memorandum, the book aims to provide easy-to-understand answers for Western readers' questions about China. Provided to China Daily |
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Portland: Prizes for scholars Meiru Liu, director of the Confucius Institute at Portland State University, presents an award certificate to one of the winners of the "Confucius Institute Cup" Chinese Composition Contest at the award ceremony on Oct 4. The contest, which was organized by the Confucius Institute Headquarters in Beijing, awarded 21 participants in Portland. Liu Renmei / For China Daily |
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New York: Writing Chinese America In a panel discussion about literature based on 19th century Chinese American history at the Asian American Writers' Workshop Pageturner Festival on Saturday, Verso senior editor and moderator Andrew Hsiao (right), speaks with The Celestials author Karen Shepard (left); Take Me Home author Brian Leung (second from left); and Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang. Kelly Chung Dawson / China Daily |
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New York: City growth Hong Kong's financial secretary John Tsang speaks about the region's latest developments as an international financial center at a business luncheon at the Harvard Club in New York on Wednesday. Caroline Berg / China Daily |
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Washington: Policy talk Chinese Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai (right) sits next to Vali Nasr, dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, before delivering a speech on China's foreign policy and Sino-US relations on Tuesday at his alma mater SAIS in Washington. Chen Weihua / China Daily |
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Los Angeles: Musical harmony Chinese Counsel General in Los Angeles Liu Jian (second from right) meets with Edward Gill (left), CEO of the San Diego Symphony; Evelyn Lamden (second from left), chairwoman of the San Diego Symphony; and Tommy Phillips, director of artistic planning at the San Diego Symphony. About 120 members of the symphony will tour Yantai, Beijing and Shanghai for 10 days in early November. Provided to China Daily |
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Dallas: Art focus Chinese Consul General in Houston Xu Erwen gives a speech at the 15th anniversary of the Crow Collection of Asian Art, a Dallas-based museum dedicated to the arts and cultures of China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia. Provided to China Daily |
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Toronto: Entrepreneurial spirit The Association of Chinese-Canadian Entrepreneurs (ACCE) kicked off its nomination drive for the 2014 ACCE Chinese Entrepreneur Awards on Tuesday in Toronto. In this picture, organizers and sponsors gather together at the media conference, from left: Nigel B. Davis, senior vice-president and national head of business banking at HSBC Bank of Canada; Kitty Lu, area manager of TD Canada Trust; John Knotek, vice-president of commercial banking at BMO Bank of Montreal; Gloria Lo, director of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office; Alan Kwong, president of ACCE; Judy Lee, vice-president of commercial financial services at RBC Royal Bank; and Stephen Bald, vice-president of GTA North Business Development Bank of Canada. Li Na / China Daily |
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New York: Painting stars A visitor checks out work by Zhao Zhao in the exhibition Zhao Zhao: Constellations at Chambers Fine Art New York. The show runs through Oct 25. Bai Jie / For China Daily |
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Washington: Valuable discussion Participants in a two-day meeting on core values and international order held at Carnegie Library pose on Oct 4. Front row, from left: Amitai Etzioni, a professor at George Washington University; Huang Ping, director general of Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Tu Weiming, professor of philosophy at Peking University; Ji Baocheng, former president of Renmin University of China; Theodore McCarrick, cardinal and archbishop emeritus of Washington; and Patrick Ho, deputy chairman and secretary general of China Energy Fund Committee. Chen Weihua / China Daily |
(China Daily USA 10/11/2013 page12)
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