Across Americas
Updated: 2013-10-25 11:19
(China Daily USA)
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New York: Top chefs Wellington Chen, executive director of the Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporation, speaks to participants in a workshop held in New York's Chinatown Business Improvement District on Wednesday to help neighborhood restaurateurs get "A" health inspection grades. Caroline Berg / China Daily |
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Toronto: Tracking talent Mark Ceolin, founding chairman of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, speaks at the Canada-China Human Capital Dialogue on Thursday in Toronto. Co-hosted by Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and Canada-China Institute for Business & Development at Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University, the forum gave policy research and business people a chance to exchange views on talent flows between Canada and China. Li Na / China Daily |
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Atlanta: New names Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed (fifth from right), and Raymond King, president and CEO of Zoo Atlanta, watch as Good Morning America announces the results of Zoo Atlanta's nationwide polling contest, which determined the names of the twin panda cubs to be Mei Lun and Mei Huan. Courtesy of zoo Atlanta |
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Toronto: Panda cup Chinese Consul General in Toronto Fang Li (fourth from left in the second row) and Deputy Consul General Wu Dongmei (fourth from right in the second row) pose with winners of the "Panda Cup" Chinese Essay Competition at the award ceremony held in Richmond Hill on Oct 20. Organized by China's Consulate General in Toronto and co-hosted by the Chinese Culture and Education Society of Canada, the competition awarded 70 of 200 participants who wrote about welcoming pandas to Canada. Li Na / China Daily |
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San Francisco: Strengthening ties Consul General Yuan Nansheng meets with Lieutenant Governor of Nevada Brian Krolicki at his office on Oct 17. They discussed cooperation between China and Nevada, and vowed to increase opportunities for exchange. Provided to China Daily |
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Los Angeles: Talent search Mark Humayun, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Southern California, talks at the Shenzhen overseas talent conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The purpose of the conference is to attract talents from the US to the city of Shenzhen. Wang Jun / China Daily |
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Toronto: History buffs Liang Huirong (third from left), director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office in Guangdong province, and Lenny Wong (fourth from left), president of the Chao Chow Association of Ontario Canada, exchange silk banners as gifts on Sunday in Toronto. The meeting celebrated the impending trip of the Guangdong Overseas Chinese History delegation, which will seek to learn more about the history of Cantonese emigration to North America. Li Na / China Daily |
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San Francisco: Internet ideas Martin Lau (right), president of China's biggest Internet company Tencent, is interviewed at the Global Mobile Internet Conference on Tuesday in San Francisco. Organized by the Great Wall Club of China, the conference has become Silicon Valley's largest mobile event, featuring more than 10,000 attendees, and 220 speakers from more than 60 countries this year. Yu Wei / China Daily |
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San Francisco: Global mobile Yu Yongfu, CEO of Chinese mobile Internet browser company UCWeb, speaks at the Global Mobile Internet Conference on Tuesday in San Francisco. Yu Wei / China Daily |
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Washington: Senior influencers Tamara Lundgren, CEO and president ofSchnitzer Steel Industries; Thomas Donohue, president and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce; and Zeng Peiyan, chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchange and former Chinese vice-premier, open the fifth US-China CEO and Former Senior Officials Dialogue in Washington on Monday. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
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New York: Scholarly stars Famous Chinese scholar Yu Qiuyu and his wife Ma Lan (center) are presented NYU logo shirts by Robin Harvey (left), a master teacher in multilingual studies at New York University, and Frank L. Tang, project director and principal investigator for Project DCLT of New York University on Sunday. Yu was invited to lecture at the university on the occasion of the Renwen Society's 10th anniversary. Bai Jie / For China Daily |
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Maryland: Little master People take in the works of 5-year-old artist Etian Huang at the reception of his solo exhibition in Silver Spring, Maryland. His school, Paint Branch Montessori, sponsored the exhibit, which includes 60 paintings. Etian has loved drawing since he could hold a pencil, his parents report. He chooses what he likes, including toy cars, charcoal pencils, sticks, sponges, cucumbers, and, of course, paint brushes to express himself on the canvas. Shanshan Lei / For China Daily |
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Palo Alto, CA: Cyber risk Visitors and participants pose at K&L Gates' event "Threats & Risks of Cyber Attacks in US, Europe and China" on Tuesday in Palo Alto, California. From left: Etienne Drouard, K&L Gates; Kevin Harris, Cisco; Jon Michaelson, K&L Gates; Sheila Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick & Associates; and David A. Bateman, K&L Gates. Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
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Los Angeles: Tiny talents The winners of the 2013 Talent Cup Children's Painting Competition (age 4 to 7 group) pose in Los Angeles. Presented by the American Association for Chinese Culture Promotion, the competition was judged by artists from the China Central Academy of Fine Arts and China Academy of Art. Wang Jun / China Daily |
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