Recognizing their work

Jianguo Zhang (center) and Yang Li (second from right), performers with the China National Peking Opera Company, accept an award from Pace University's Confucius Institute (CI) and the New York Chinese Opera Society (NYCOS) on Monday at Pace University in New York. From left: Weihua Niu. a director at Pace's CI; Joseph Morreale, a professor of economics at Pace; and Chi Chu (right), NYCOS president, also attended the award ceremony. Jack Freifelder / China Daily