Max Baucus, former ambassador of the US to China, gives a keynote speech at the New York Yale Club in midtown Manhattan on Saturday during the“Comparison of Chinese and Western Education and China-US Business Trends”, an annual conference held by New York Young Entrepreneurs Roundtable and the International Leadership Foundation’s New York chapter. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
Inbound, outbound - San Francisco
At a panel discussion on Wednesday jointly sponsored by the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco, the Asia Society and ChinaSF and focused on China’s inbound and outbound investment, Yang Yihang (left), commercial counselor at the consulate, and Xia Diya (second from left), deputy director-general at the Ministry of Commerce, share their thoughts with Bruce Pickering, vice-president at the Asia Society, and Thilo Hanemann (right), director of research at the Rhodium Group. CHANG JUN / CHINA DAILY
Looking ahead-New York
Zhang Qiyue (center), consul general of China in New York, Edward Cox (second from left), chairman of the New York Republican State Committee, and Wang Wen (right), executive dean of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, attended and spoke at the event “CGCC Legal and Policy Series 2018: US-China Relations Outlook Under Trump’s Administration” on Wednesday in New York. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
Solar power - Washington
Energy experts share their views about the future of solar energy on Tuesday in Washington. From left: Ellen Scholl, deputy director at Global Energy Center at the Atlantic Council; Jigar Shah, co-founder and president at Generate Capital, Inc.; and Varun Sivaram, fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Sivaram said if China and the US are both leaders in solar, it will enhance penetration of renewable energies around the world. GUO FENGQING / FOR CHINA DAILY
First 60 years - Washington
Li Yafang, president of Beijing Review, speaks at an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of China’s leading English-language weekly magazine in Washington on Thursday. Since 1958, the magazine has published a total of 3,100 issues and circulated in more than 150 countries and regions. ZHAO HUANXIN / CHINA DAILY
Getting to know you - Silver Spring, MD
DC Beauty of Beijing Opera (DCBBO) presented a Peking Opera Gala on Sunday in Silver Spring,Maryland, attracting hundreds of fans. DCBBO is a nonprofi t organization dedicated to promoting cultural exchange in the US by raising public awareness and appreciation of Peking Opera. Its performances and workshops have delighted more than 10,000 people, including over 7,000 non- Chinese. YIAN KE / FOR CHINA DAILY
In a pinch - Williamsburg, VA
Isabelle Szczerbinski (right), a 13-year-old American who has been learning Chinese for seven years, joins Peter Chang (center), a Chinese chef, in a dumpling-making class in Williamsburg, VA, on Sunday. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
Top notch - Seattle
Winners of the 2018 Chinese Bridge–Chinese Profi ciency Competition for High School Students: 2018 Preliminary Contest in the State of Washington pose with teachers. The event was held at Chief Sealth International High School in Seattle on March 17. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
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