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Updated: 2014-02-14 11:53

(China Daily USA)

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NYSE seat

Members of ICBC's management team and guests participate in a ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate its ICBC Financial Services LLC subsidiary's becoming the exchange's first Chinese member last year. The dignitaries included Sun Guoxiang (center), the Chinese consulate general in New York; Bi Mingqiang (third from right), chairman of ICBC USA; and Joseph Spillane (fourth from right), CEO of the ICBC broker-dealer subsidiary (ICBCFS). New York, Amy He / China Daily

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High fashion

Chi Zhihang, Air China's vice-president and North American general manager, donates two uniforms of Air China's stewardesses in the 1980s to John Hill, assistant director of aviation of the SFO Museum on Tuesday. Air China announced it would start using a Boeing 777-300 ER - the same carrier it has been using for its other US destinations such as New York, Houston and Los Angeles - to fly its Beijing-San Francisco route starting Feb 11. San Francisco, Chang Jun / China Daily

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Best wishes

Deputy Consul General to San Francisco Yi Xianrong attends the "Culture of China, Festival of Spring" show organized by the Chinese Overseas Affair Office of the State Council and the China Oversea Exchange Association at Paramount Theatre in Seattle last Sunday. In his speech, he extended his best wishes to thousands of audience on behalf of the Chinese consulate general and welcomed the top artists from China. Seattle, Deng Yu / China Daily

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Public affairs

Jim Wunderman (left), president of Bay Area Council (BAC), talks with Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland, at BAC's fourth annual networking and Chinese New Year celebration on Feb 12 in San Francisco. BAC is a business-sponsored, public policy advocacy organization based in San Francisco. San Francisco, Qidong Zhang / China Daily

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Playing around

Pipa player Zhou Yi performs at the launch reception of Visions + Voices: China at the NYU Skirball Center. The program is held annually at New York University's performance center and focuses on a different nation every year. This year's program includes performances from China, such as the National Theatre of China's production of Richard III and Hangzhou Yue Opera Company's interpretations of two classic Ibsen plays. Performances run from February to May. New York, Amy He / China Daily

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Book launch

White House Senior Director for Asian Affairs Evan Medeiros (left) speaks at the launch of Debating China, a book edited by Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Nina Hachigian, on Tuesday in the Center for American Progress in Washington. The book is a collection of articles by US and Chinese scholars on 10 major subjects relating to China-US relations. Washington, Sun Chenbei / China Daily

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Energy parley

The Energy & Chemical Industry Committee of China General Chamber of Commerce held its first annual conference in Houston on Wednesday. In the front, from left: PetroChina USA President Li Shaolin; CGCC Secretary General Richard Huang; China's Commerce Consul in Houston Cao Derong; Consul General Xu Erwen; Sinochem American Holding Inc President Chen Yu; Sinopec USA Chief Representative He Sujuan; OOGC USA President Jiang Qing; and Sinopec DC LLC Director Yu Li. Houston, May Zhou / China Daily

(China Daily USA 02/14/2014 page12)