Across America
| Dealing the card - New York Executives and special guests attend the launch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's first credit card in the US on Tuesday. The card will be off ered through Visa and UnionPay, making it ICBC and UnionPay's first credit card in the US. Attending were Wang Xiquan (center), ICBC senior executive vice-president; Cai Jianbo (second from left), CEO of UnionPay International; and Zhang Qiyue (third from right), China's consul general in New York. Amy He / China Daily |
| China rising - Seattle Gary Locke, US ambassador to China from 2011-2014, gives a talk on the growth of China at the Seattle China Club's 100th Anniversary on April 22. Linda Deng / China Daily |
| Coming convention - Houston Chinese Consul General Li Qiangmin (left) chats with Water Ulrich, president and CEO of Houston Technology Center, at a news conference on Wednesday announcing the upcoming US China Innovation and Investment Summit taking place May 16-18 in Houston. The international conference is expected to draw over 200 US technology companies and 150 Chinese investors. May Zhou / China Daily |
| Gift givers - Washington Li Xiaolin (right), president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, exchanges gifts with Diana Greer (left), national president of US-China Peoples Friendship Association (USCPFA) and Barbara Harrison (center), former national president of the USCPFA, at the 22nd Washington seminar on US-China Relations, hosted by the USCPFA in Washington on April 22. Dong Leshuo / China Daily |
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Bridge builders - Portland, Or Chinese Deputy Consul General to San Francisco Ren Faqiang meets with Margaret Everett, vice-provost for International Affairs and dean of Graduate Studies at Portland State University during his visit to the university on Tuesday. Provided To China Daily |
| Book launch - NEw York Zhang Meifang, China's deputy consul general in New York, speaks on Tuesday at the Asian Cultural Center congratulating her colleague Zhong Ruiming, also a deputy consul general, on the launch of his new book New York Through the Lens of a Chinese Diplomat. Hezi Jiang / China Daily |
| Picture tour - REDWOOD CITY, CA Gong Jianhua (right), a Bay Area-basedphotographer, receives a certifi cate of recognition fromDavid Canepa, vicemayor of Daly City, California, at the opening reception for Gong's photo exhibition Hello, Shanghai on Tuesday in Redwood City, California. The exhibition, which runs through May 26, presents nearly 40 photos that Gong took of Shanghai's neighborhoods and ordinary people's life from 1978 to 1995. Gongsaid he hoped the photos could help preserve the memories of old Shanghai as well as help Americans learn moreabout Chinese people's lives during that time. Provided To China Daily |
(China Daily USA 04/29/2016 page13)
