Stage all set - New York

Sio Fan Lam (right) and Coby Wong, cast members in the documentary My Voice, My Life, which was the featured fi lm on Thursday at the opening night of the 38th Annual Asian American International Film Festival, sign autographs at a press conference on Wednesday at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offi ce in New York. The documentary chronicles the challenges faced by a group of underprivileged middle school students in Hong Kong as they undergo six months of rigorous training to produce a musical on stage. Jiang Hezi / China Daily

My trip to China - New York

A speaker at New York Toastmasters delivers a seven-minute speech about his trip to China and his experiences with Chinese history, culture and society on Monday night in New York City. He drew a map to show where he went during his trip. His evaluator gave some impressions of his speech, saying it made him laugh 100 times while he learned a lot about Chinese culture. Han Meng / For China Dail