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China Daily USA | Updated: 2014-04-04 11:55

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San Francisco

MARKET WATCH

In partnership with Silicon Vikings, K&L Gates' San Francisco office hosted a panel discussion on "US Market Entry and Exit Strategies" on April 1 in San Francisco. Jessie Zhang of KenKay Associates (right) talks to Jan Robertson (left), managing partner and co-founder of SiVal Advisors, and Steve Thorn, tax manager of Seiler, at the event. Qidong Zhang

New York

GIVE HIM A HAND

Ao Li, a Chinese bassbaritone from Shandong province, performs at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Grand Finals Concert on Sunday. Li emerged as one of five young singers, including another Chinese singer Yi Li, in the fi nal round of what is widely considered the nation's most prestigious vocal competition with his rendition of Leporello's

Catalog Aria from Mozart's Don Giovanni and the title character's cavatina from Rachmaninoff 's Aleko. Rebecca Fay / Metropolitan Opera

New York

BUILDING BRIDGES

Chinese dancers perform at Pace University's 5th Annual Chinese Bridge Eastern USA Profi ciency Competition for Foreign College Students on Sunday in New York. Pace's bridge competition is hosted by its Confucius Institute with support from the New York Service Center for Chinese Study Fellows, a not-for-profi t corporation dedicated to China-US exchange. Jack Freifelder / China Daily

Gaithersburg, MD

FILM BUFFS

The organizing committee of the 2nd DC Chinese Film Festival held a press conference on Sunday, introducing prominent jury members on screen and calling for film entries from the US, the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and the Chinese diaspora. The first festival, held in 2012, attracted 107 short films and eight feature films worldwide. So far 108 entries have been submitted for this year's competition. Cai Chunying / China Daily

Irvine,CA

JOB HUNT

Speakers, organizers and attendees pose for a photo after the LAEP@UCI Engineering Career Development Tour on March 30 at the University of California Irvine. The event was held to help engineering students in job hunting with topics including resume writing, interview skills and the job market. Provided to China Daily

Portland

TEST RESULTS

Participants take the Youth Chinese Test (YCT) for non-native primary and secondary students at Portland State University on March 23. The Confucius Institute at Portland State University has organized a total of 33 Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) tests and the YCT and so far some 1,200 students have taken the tests for certifi cation in Chinese and scholarships for further study in China. Liu Renmei / For China Daily

New York

SUPPORTING INITIATIVES

The Museum of Chinese in America in New York hosts a banquet to raise funds in support of education, exhibitions, research and cultural initiatives on Thursday night. The event also honored Marcella B. Chin Dear, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center and Jason Wang from Xi'an Famous Foods for their work for the community. Jack Freifelder / China Daily

(China Daily USA 04/04/2014 page13)