Across America

Global reach - Chicago

Hong Lei, Chinese consul general in Chicago, meets with Ivo H. Daalder, president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs,on Dec 19. Provided To China Daily

Hunger fighters - Gaithersburg, Md

Davis Tyner (right), chairman of Manna Food Center, a nationally known organization devoted to fighting hunger, speaks at the 34th anniversary gala of Chinese Culture and Community Service Center (CCACC) in Gaithersburg, Maryland on Dec 17, with the center's executive director Chih-Hsiang Li (second from right), Asian American Political Alliance president Michael Lin (second from left), and CCACC deputy executive director Li-Fang Liu looking on. Tyner thanked CCAA members for their donation and support. Charlene Cai / China Daily

Book promo - New York

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman autographs for readers after a talk on his new book Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations, at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec 15. Zhang Weiran / For China Daily

On with the show - Houston

ZTE USA CEO Cheng Lixin (second from left), Houston Rockets CEO Tad Brown (center) and three NBA Rockets players welcome more than 70 kids to a performance of The Adventures of Sana Claus presented by Express Children's Theatre on Monday night at the Rockets' Season of Giving event in Houston. May Zhou / China Daily

Over the Hump - San Francisco

Florence Fang (third from left), Chinese-American entrepreneur, Luo Linquan (fourth form left), Chinese consul general in San Francisco, and Larry Jobe (fifth from left), president of the Flying Tiger History Organization, join members of the community at a reception on Dec 15 at the Chinese consul general's residence to celebrate the recent accomplishment of a commemorative flight over the famed Himalayan "Hump" by a restored World War II military transport airplane. Lia Zhu / China Daily

Touching base - Salem, Ore

Ren Faqiang (right), Chinese deputy consul general in San Francisco, meets with Oregon Secretary of State-elect Dennis Richardson during a visit to Oregon. Provided to China Daily

(China Daily USA 12/23/2016 page13)