Across Americas

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

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Washington, DC

BANK ON IT

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim speaks about poverty and inequality at the Council on

Foreign Relations in Washington DC on Tuesday. Chen Weihua / China Daily

Houston

VIP MEET

Charles Foster (second from left), chairman of the Asia Society Texas Center, introduces his wife Lily Chen Foster (left) to East West Bank chairman and CEO Dominic Ng at EWB's VIP reception Tuesday night. At right is EWB's executive vice-president and head of eastern and Texas region Wendy Cai-Lee. May Zhou / China Daily

Toronto

BY THE LETTER

Tim S. Uppal (left), MP and Canada's minister of state for multiculturalism, is joined by MP Parm Gill (second from right) and MP Wladyslaw Lizon (right), to present a letter of greeting to Alan Kwong, president of the Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs (ACCE) on March 29 at the 2014 ACCE Awards Gala in Markham. Li Na / China Daily

New York

PRICELESS LESSONS

Peter Koo, New York City Councilman representing District 20 in Queens, meets with students from the Shanghai Foreign Language School affiliated with the Shanghai International Studies University on Tuesday. The students were in New York as part of a cultural exchange program. Provided to China Daily

San Francisco

READY TO GO

China Silicon Valley (China SV), a non-profit based in San Jose, announced San Jose mayor's

trip to China in mid June. Attending the city hall even were, from left: California Congressman Mike Honda; Victor Wang, co-president of China SV; Bruce Pickering, vice-president of global programs at the Asia Society; and Stephanie Xu, co-president of China SV. Qidong Zhang / China Daily

Toronto

BROAD BASE

Fang Li, Chinese Consul General in Toronto, speaks at the 2014 ACCE Awards Gala in Markham. He noted that the ACCE has provided a broad-based platform and support for entrepreneurs in various business areas since its establishment in 1994. Li Na / China Daily

Muscatine, IA

OLD FRIENDS

Mayor Yang Lizhong of Zhengding county, Hebei province, China visited Muscatine, Iowa last Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of the Sister City relationship between Muscatine

and Zhengding county. Yang also officially opened a new photo exhibit in Muscatine entitled Beautiful China, Charming Zhengding. Pictured are, from left: Li Xinying, director at Zhengding TV; Tony Joseph, chair of the Mayor's Muscatine China Initiatives Committee;

DeWayne Hopkins, mayor of Muscatine; Albert Liu, director of Asian Sales, MUSCO Lighting; Yang; Sarah Lande, "Old Friend" of President Xi Jinping and friendship ambassador for Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries; and Jane Yin, teacher

at Zhengding No 1 High School and Muscatine Community College. Provided to China Daily

(China Daily USA 04/04/2014 page12)