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Updated: 2014-05-12 10:56

(China Daily USA)

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Indianapolis, IN

WARRIOR WELCOME

Cui Tiankai (right), China's ambassador to the US, receives a gift from Jeffrey H. Patchen, president and CEO of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, at the opening ceremony of the museum's exhibition Terra Cotta Warriors: The Emperor's Painted Army on May 9. The terra cotta warriors featured are from Shaanxi province. Provided to China Daily

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New York

WINNING SCHOLARS

Winners of the 2013 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad Consular Jurisdiction scholarships pose for a photo with Chinese Consul General Sun Guoxiang (front row, fourth from left) and Education Counselor Xu Yongji (front row, fifth from left) at the awards ceremony in New York City on May 9. Liu Zheng / China Daily

 
 

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Los Angeles

LANGUAGE EDGE

David Schaberg, dean of humanities at UCLA, says the school is taking advantage of being in a city that has the largest population of immigrants and making UCLA's Confucius programs very Californian, at the opening ceremony of the 2014 National Chinese Language Conference in downtown LA on May 8.Cindy Liu / China Daily

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Murfreesboro, TN

BALL OF CONFUCIUS

President of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) Sydney McPhee holds a reception at his home to welcome Hanban Director-General Xu Lin and members of her delegation on May 9. University faculty, officials and local VIPs attended the event. From left: Lieutenant General William Phillips and wife Marilyn, McPhee and wife Elizabeth and Xulin enjoyed a good laugh together. May Zhou / China Daily

 
 

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Washington

HALL OF HONOR

Former US secretary of transportation Norman Mineta (left) joins Connie Young Yu, a writer and historian and also a descendant of a Chinese railroad worker, in front of the Labor Hall of Honor at the Department of Labor where Chinese railroad workers were inducted on May 9 in Washington. Chen Weihua / China Daily

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Washington

LONG TIME COMING

US Congresswoman Grace Meng (right) of New York speaks at the ceremony for induction of Chinese Railroad Workers into the Labor Hall of Honor on May 9 in the Department of Labor in Washington. Chen Weihua / China Daily

 
 

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New York

MEDAL AWARD

Yuesai Kan (in orange), Emmy-award winning TV host, with other recipients of the 2014 Ellis Island Medal of Honor on Saturday night. Kan was the only Chinese American to give a speech at the ceremony. Altogether nine Chinese Americans won the award. Amy He / China Daily

 
(China Daily USA 05/12/2014 page8)

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