Across Americas
| Washington: Happy exchange George Washington University President Steven Knapp holds a book received during a gift exchange on Wednesday with Xu Lin, director general of Hanban, the Beijing-based organization that administers the Confucius Institute program on behalf of China's Education Ministry. GWU's is the first Confucius Institute in the District of Columbia. Plans call for the institute, through its partnership with China's Nanjing University, to train professionals from the US government and international organizations in Washington in Chinese language and culture. Sun Chenbei / China Daily |
| Boston: Educators engage Panelists discuss access to Chinese-language education at the annual National Chinese Language Conference on Monday. The three-day conference was attended by about 1,200 educators and education-policy experts with an interest in Chinese teaching and learning. From left: moderator Anthony Jackson, vice-president for education at the Asia Society; Marcos Aguilar, executive director of International Baccalaureate World Schools in California; Nicole Boudreaux, of the Lafayette (Louisiana) Parish School System; and Roger Harris, superintendent and CEO of Boston Renaissance Charter Public School. Liu Yuhan / China Daily |
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New York: Education partners Columbia University President Lee Bollinger speaks with Xu Lin, director general of Hanban, before a ceremony on Tuesday to inaugurate Columbia's Confucius Institute. The Ivy League school and its partner Renmin University in Beijing will conduct research at the institute into the teaching of Chinese as a second language. Caroline Berg / China Daily |
| Portland, Oregon: Culture confab A teacher from the Confucius Institute at Portland State University encourages the youngest member of a family visiting Lan Su Chinese Garden for an annual event to promote Chinese culture locally and help language learners improve their spoken Chinese. Provided to China Daily |
| Macon, Georgia: Southern welcome Qu Shaobing, director general of the education bureau in Guangzhou, presents a souvenir of his city to Ruth Knox, president of Wesleyan College, in Macon, Georgia, on Thursday, after Guangzhou University and the all-women's US institution established a Confucius Institute to offer Chinese language and culture programs. Hu Haidan / China Daily |
| New York: Anniversary time China Guardian Co, one of the country's leading auction houses, celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Asia Society in Manhattan on Thursday night. Larry Lee (right), president and editor-in-chief of China Daily USA, congratulated China Guardian President Wang Yannan on the anniversary. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily |
| Toronto: Building bonds Fang Li (second from left), China's consul general in Toronto, paid an official visit to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne (seated) on Tuesday. They discussed cooperation between China and Canada's most populous province, and Fang said the two sides have opportunities to strengthen their long-standing ties. Standing at left is Deputy Consul General Zhang Meifang; at right is Michael Chan, Ontario's tourism and culture minister. Provided to China Daily |
| New York: On technology Soumitra Dutta, dean of Cornell University's Graduate School of Management, who co-edited the Global Information Technology Report 2013, talks about its findings and the role of information technology in national competitiveness on Wednesday. Caroline Berg / China Daily |
| Menlo Park, California: Agenda: Tech The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research on Wednesday hosted a speech by Paul Jacobs (second from left), chairman and CEO of microchip maker Qualcomm Inc, on mobile devices and the future of technology. From left: Gregory Rosston, SIEPR deputy director; Jacobs; John Shoven, SIEPR director; and Dixon Doll, co-founder of DCM, a venture capital firm that has investments in China. Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
| Toronto: Trip-bound Travel industry representatives on Tuesday discussed the Canada-China Travel Forum that begins on April 26 in Toronto. From right: Ming-Tat Cheung, president of the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto; Bobby Cai, president of the Canada-China Tourism Association; Chang Yun, executive director of the Canada China Chamber of Commerce; Xu Yan, director of the China National Tourist Office in Toronto; Patrick Cheung, president of the Hong Kong Travel Industry Toronto Association; Albrey Yeung, director of Asian markets and multicultural banking for Scotiabank; and Reggie Wu, executive director of the All-Canada Travel Association Alliance. Li Na / China Daily |
| Washington: Capitol duo Two participants, who gave their names only as Mr Zhang and Ms Li, have their photo taken by a friend on Wednesday on the edge of the Reflecting Pool in front of the US Capitol. The group traveled from New York to Washington to take part in a rally on the National Mall in support of changes to US immigration laws. Sun Chenbei / China Daily |
| Washington: Blossoming talent Tess Yilu Golabek (front), a third-grader at Kings Park Elementary School in Springfield, Virginia, performs at the National Cherry Blossom Festival on April 6. She practices Chinese folk dancing with the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe, which had an hourlong performance at the festival. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
| Los Angeles: Career guidance Ma Qingyun, dean of the University of Southern California's School of Architecture, answers student questions after his speech at the 2013 China Connect Professional Forum on April 7. The conference, organized by the USC Chinese Students and Scholars Association, featured six panel discussions on US-China relations. Inset: Ma listens to a student in a Q&A session. Guo Ziwei / For China Daily |
