Across America
| Celebration Hu En (second from right), vice-president of CCTV (Central China Television), Billy Chung (second from left), CEO of R&C Media Group, and Sun Lushan (middle), deputy consul general of China in Los Angeles, celebrate the partnership between CCTV and R&C Media Group at a contract signing on Tuesday in California. Provided to China Daily |
| All the tees in China? Dan Washburn (left), author of The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream, speaks with ESPN reporter Jeremy Schaap on Thursday at the Asia Society in New York. The event, hosted by ChinaFile, the Asia Society's not-for-profit online magazine, brought together Schaap and Washburn for a chat about the latter's new book, which probes the politically taboo topic of golf in China. Jack Freifelder / China Daily |
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Cultural im act Liu Chunxiang, news consul at the consulate general of China in Los Angeles, attends the 15th Annual Asian Family Moon Festival and Chinese American Culture and Art Festival press conference at the Puente Hills Mall in the City of Industry, California, on Tuesday. She said this festival is one of the most important cultural events for the Chinese community in southern California and wished this year's program a big success. Cindy Liu / China Daily |
| Changing face An artist performing traditional face changing interacts with the audience on Wednesday at the Chinese Consulate General office in San Francisco as a part of the Splendid Sichuan New Tibet show, which is featuring Tibetan songs and dances and brought to the US by artists from Sichuan province. Rockville, Md The troupe will leave for Seattle to complete their North America Culture Week tour. Chang Jun / China Daily |
| Patriotic song singing Marking the 69th anniversary of China's victory over Japan in World War II on Wednesday, Jixi Huang (right) and Yousheng Yu (left) sing the patriotic song On the Taihang Mountain at the A Plus Adult Medical Day Care Center in Rockville, Maryland. The event was organized by the center and the Coordination Council of Chinese American Associations. Liu Chang / China Daily |
| Show stopper Thirteen artists from Sichuan province stage the show Splendid Sichuan New Tibet at the Chinese Consulate General office in San Francisco on Wednesday. The show, featuring Tibetan songs and dances, is part of the province's North America Culture Week tour which includes performances and seminars in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. Chang Jun / China Daily |
| Historical significance Lin Jiguang (left), chairman of Gianguan Auctions in New York, introduces calligraphy by Northern Song Dynasty emperor Zhao Ji (1082-1135) to an audience on Wednesday. Gianguan's 2014 fall auction starts on Sept 15. Hu Haidan / China Daily |
(China Daily USA 09/05/2014 page12)
