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| Washington: Music memories Nicholas Platt, former president of Asia Society and the chief of political section of the US Liaison O5ce in Beijing in the early 1970s who later became ambassador to Zambia, the Philippines and Pakistan, speaks at a press conference held at the Chinese Embassy in Washington by The Philadelphia Orchestra to share information about its long cultural exchanges with China, dating back to 1973. Chen Weihua / China Daily |
| Washington: More to come Lu Guanqiu (right), chairman of Wanxiang Group, and Ni Pin (left), president of Wanxiang America, meets with the media on July 25 in Washington. Invited by US Vice-president Joe Biden to visit several cities in the US from July 20-25, including Detroit, Dover and Washington, Lu's company is exploring more investment opportunities. Wanxiang, the largest investor from China in Michigan, acquired US battery-maker A123 in December 2012. Liu Chang / China Daily |
| Washington: Leadership devotion Luo Lih-Fen, CEO of Luo Lih-Fen International Beauty Group, meets with the media in Washington on Thursday to share her experience and the company's strategic plans prior to receiving Global Trailblazer Award from the International Leadership Foundation, a Washington-based organization devoted to developing young leaders in the US and Asia in the fields of public service and entrepreneurship. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
| Washington: Security talk Park Jin (left), executive president of Asia Future Institute and chair professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, and Douglas Paal, vice-president for studies and Asia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discuss nuclear politics on the Korean Peninsula on Monday at the endowment in DC. The half-day event also explored how the recent meeting between Chinese president Xi Jinping and South Korea president Park Geun-hye would affect the regional security. Liu Chang / China Daily |
