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Updated: 2016-04-15 12:02

(China Daily USA)

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Winners all - SAN FRANCISCO

Chinese Consul General in San Francisco Luo Linquan (center, back row) celebrates the success of the 12th Chinese Bridge Contest with award-winners and their families at a reception hosted by the Chinese consulate on April 8. A total of 227 K-12 students in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California received awards for their talent in Chinese language and culture at the contest, which attracted more than 900 participants. Lia Zhu / China Daily

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Expanding trade - NEW YORK

Zhang Xiangchen (left), deputy China international trade representative, and Kathy Hochul, lieutenant governor of New York, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday at the Waldorf Astoria New York hotel. The two sides agreed to establish a joint working group to expand trade and investment cooperation. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Zhang Qiyu (second from right, back row), China's consul general in New York, and others. Hezi Jiang / China Daily

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Friendlier Skies - CHICAGO

The Chinese Consul General in Chicago Zhao Weiping speaks at a reception for China Eastern Airlines' inaugural direct fl ight between Shanghai and Chicago on April 8. Provided to China Daily

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Bank on it - HOUSTON

Dominic Ng (center), chairman and CEO of East West Bank (EWB) and Steve LaFredo (right), Texas regional director of EWB, welcome Tom Ramsey, mayor of Spring Valley Village to EWB's new regional offi ce opening celebration on Tuesday night in Houston. May Zhou / China Daily

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Take a bow - NEW YORK

Stephen Ferry (center) of Binghamton University, who won a fi rst prize at the 15th Chinese Bridge Chinese profi ciency competition for college students, poses for a photo with Xu Yongji (right), education counselor for the Chinese consulate general in New York, and his mentor at China Institute in New York on April 9. Provided to China Daily

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Down to business - NEW YORK

From left: international lawyer Ko-Yung Tung, Amy Chua, lawyer and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Xiaolin Zhou, managing partner of Jun He Law offices LLC and Geoff rey Sant, a partner of Dorseu & Whitney LLP, attend the Chinese Business Lawyers Association banquet Wednesday in New York. The group honored Chua as its Lawyer of the Year and Zhou as its Practitioner of the Year. Paul Welitzkin / China Daily

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Duke get together - WASHINGTON

More than 200 Duke alumni attended the China Salon at the Chinese embassy in Washington on Monday. From left: Zhu Haiquan, press counselor and spokesman for the Chinese Embassy; Patrick Duddy, formerly US Ambassador to Venezuela and Duke alumnus; Zhou Jingxing, counselor with the rank of minister; Li Bin, consular; and Zheng Zhenhua, consular at the Chinese Embassy. The panel shared their views on China's economic issues, China's foreign policy and the US-China relations. Dong Leshuo / China Daily

(China Daily USA 04/15/2016 page13)

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