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China Daily USA | Updated: 2014-04-07 11:13

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San Francisco

LEADER HONORED

Larry Lee, president of China Daily USA, presented a gift from China Daily USA to Florence Fang, a Chinese community leader, at her 80th birthday party on April 4 in Cupertino, California. Representatives from more than 100 San Francisco Bay Area local organizations participated in the celebration. Fang's family is known for its purchase of San Francisco Examiner in 2000, a chain of eight Peninsula weeklies and the nationally distributed Asian Week. Qidong Zhang / China Daily

Stanford

DRAMA TALK

Liu Xiaoqing (right) gave a short talk about her show A Legend of Sai Jin Hua at Stanford on April 4. Also on the panel were Liu's long-term stylist Mao Guoping (left) and Dai Chi (second from left), president of Chinese Ticket Box who brought the show to the US. Provided to China Daily

Seattle

INNOVATORS WELCOME

Connie Bourassa Shaw, director of the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at University of Washington, delivers opening remarks at the China Business Challenge finals of the China Entrepreneur Forum at the University of Washington on Friday. Deng Yu / China Daily

Dallas, Texas

POWER PORTRAITS

A portrait of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, painted by former US President George W. Bush, hangs on display in The Art of Leadership: A President's Personal Diplomacy exhibit at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, Texas on April 4. Brandon Wade / Reuters

Augusta, GA

PITCH AND PUTT

Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wears her green jacket as she attends the Drive Pitch and Putt contest before the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on Sunday. Mike Blake / Reuters

New York

LOCAL HEROES

Representatives of the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) in New York pose for a photo with Jason Wang (third from left) of Xi'an Famous Foods, at a banquet hosted by MOCA on the night of April 3. Wang was one of three honorees at the museum's third annual Celebration of Community Heroes dinner. Jack Freifelder / China Daily

New York

AWARD WINNER

Singaporean director Anthony Chen attends the screening of ILO ILO on April 3 in New York. The movie won a number of international awards including the New Talent Award in Hong Kong's Asian Film Festival last November. Provided to China Daily

(China Daily USA 04/07/2014 page8)