New York: Speaking up

Chi Chu (left), president of the New York Chinese Opera Society (NYCOS), introduces China National Peking Opera Company performers Jianguo Zhang (center) and Yang Li (right) on Monday at Pace University's Confucius Institute (CI) in New York. Zhang and Li will perform at the eighth Winter Cultural Exchange Festival on Saturday at Pace's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, an annual event co-sponsored by the NYCOS and Pace's CI. Jack Freifelder / China Daily