Across America
| New minister Wu Xi, newly-arrived minister at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, delivers a speech at a welcome reception held by the embassy on Jan 9. More than 200 people attended the event, including US government officials, think tank experts, and Chinese community leaders. Prior to the new post, Wu was deputy director-general of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was also previously stationed in the Chinese embassies in Iraq and Australia. Lu Qiang / for China Daily, Washington |
| Shenzhen partnership Chinese Consul General Xu Erwen (left) looks on as Party Secretary of Shenzhen Wang Rong (second from right) speaks with Houston Mayor Annise Parker. Wang led a delegation on a trip to his hometown's sister city Houston on Jan 8, during which representatives from both cities signed agreements for a strategic partnership. Provided to China Daily, Houston |
| Linking students Cherry Huang (left), president of the Chinese University Alumni Alliance, chats with fellow alum Shanchen Xia, prior to the start of the alliance's meeting on Jan 8. The nonprofit, New York-based CUAA, serves as a bridge for exchanges, understanding and cooperation between Chinese alumni of North American and Chinese universities. Michael Barris / China Daily, New York |
| Climate chat Christiana Figueres (right), executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, chats with Paula DiPerna, special advisor with environmental-data group CDP North America, following Figueres' talk at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas on Tuesday in Manhattan. Figueres discussed the ministerial meeting to be hosted by Venezuela in October ahead of the next climate change Conference of the Parties. Michael Barris / China Daily, New York |
| Legal discussion Robin Gerofsky Kaptzan (left), a foreign legal counsel at Haworth & Lexon Law Firm's Shanghai office, and Philip Zhang, a partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm in New York, chat after a panel discussion on the current state of and improvement in China's intellectual property legal framework. The event was organized by the China Committee of the ABA Section of International Law in New York on Jan 9. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily, New York |
| Professional connections Richard Zhao (left), professor of pathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, chats with Hans Riemer (center), council member of Montgomery County, Maryland, and Yingxian Xiao, associate professor of Pharmacology at Georgetown University, during the Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association's New Year's Gala in Rockville, Maryland on Jan 11. Both Zhao and Xiao are former presidents of the organization, which is one of the largest Chinese American professional associations in the US with more than 3,000 registered individual members and 60 institutional members.Zheng Haijing / for China Daily, Rockville, MD |
| Before of the APEC Members of the Asia Society and other invitees listen to discussion during the 2013-14 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Briefing meeting on Tuesday night at the Asia Society headquarters in New York. Robert Wang (left, on screen), a senior US official for APEC, was one of several panelists who spoke at length about their expectations leading up to this year's APEC Summit meeting in China. Jack Freifelder / China Daily, New York |
(China Daily USA 01/17/2014 page12)
