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China Daily USA | Updated: 2014-09-12 11:59

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Seattle: Learning opportunity

Zhou Wenzhong, secretary general of the Boao Forum for Asia, expressed his hope that the two-day conference can provide policymakers a learning opportunity in his opening speech at the Boao Forum for Asia Seattle Conference on Sept 5. This two-day conference called for more cooperation across the Pacific Rim in dealing with the challenge of global climate change. Deng Yu / China Daily

Washington: Teacher reception

Minister Wu Xi (in back) of the Chinese embassy in Washington presents awards to students at the Teachers' Day reception held at the embassy on Sept 5 for about 400 Chinese language teachers from more than 50 schools in the greater Washington area. The students were winners of a three-round Chinese culture contest held in the Washington area since the end of 2013. Teachers' Day in China falls on Sept 10 each year. Chen Weihua / China Daily

Houston: Air China service

Chinese Consul General Li Qiangmin (left) talks to Houston businessman Neil Bush at Air China's reception to celebrate its one-year anniversary of the Houston-Beijing service on Sept 4 in Houston. May Zhou / China Daily

San Francisco: Festival celebration

Yuan Nansheng (center), consul general at China's Consulate General office in San Francisco, celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival with representatives from the overseas Chinese community on Monday at his residence in San Francisco. Chang Jun / China Daily

San Gabriel, California: Assemblyman's speech

Culture Week of Jilin, China began with a symphony concert on Monday at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse in San Gabriel, California. Curt Hagman (left), a California Republican assembly representative for the 55th district, delivered a speech at the kickoff ceremony. He said that the American people could learn more about Chinese culture through events like this. Huang Xilin / For China Daily

Houston: Shanghai exhibit

Amy Liao (left), senior consultant from the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum, introduces the content of the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Exhibit to Texas State Representative Sylvester Turner (center) and Chinese Consul General Li Qiangmin on Wednesday at Congregation Beth Israel in Houston. May Zhou / China Daily

Washington: Book on China

From left: Richard McGregor of The Financial Times; Nicholas Lardy, senior fellow at the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics; and Jin-Yong Cai of the International Finance Corporation, participate in a panel discussion about Lardy's new book Markets over Mao; The Rise of Private Business in China in a seminar at his institute on Wednesday. The book reveals, through statistics, how reforms in China has transformed China from a state-dominated economy into a predominantly market economy. Chen Weihua / China Daily

Washington: Award ceremony

Yibin Cai (left), founder and director of the DC Chinese Film Festival, Peggy Chiao (center), member of the festival jury, film producer and a professor and writer based in Taiwan, and Carma Hinton (right), member of the festival jury and professor of visual culture and Chinese studies at George Mason University, attend the award ceremony of the DC Chinese Film Festival at the US Navy Memorial Heritage Center on Sept 7. Liu Chang / China Daily

New York: Cross-cultural forum

Yang Lan, a Chinese journalist and entrepreneur who co-founded the Sun Media Group, tapes the Being Young Forum, a televised cross-cultural discussion about innovation, at Columbia University in New York on Tuesday. Provided to China Daily

City of Industry: Moon dance

The Los Angeles Chinese community celebrates the Moon Festival with dances and music at the Puente Hills Mall in the City of Industry, California, on Sept 5. Cindy Liu / China Daily

San Francisco: Fashion show music

Performers of Jilin Symphony Orchestra perform at the Manchu Fashion Show during the opening ceremony of Across the Pacific-China Art Festival at the Chinese Consulate office in San Francisco on Wednesday. Lian Zi / China Daily

San Francisco: Cultural display

Performers from the Jilin Symphony Orchestra perform at the Manchu Fashion Show during the opening ceremony of Across the Pacific-China Art Festival at the Chinese Consulate office in San Francisco on Wednesday. Lian Zi / China Daily

San Gabriel, California: Chinese singing

A Chinese singer and the orchestra perform The Beauty and Prosperity along the Banks of Songhua River, a song depicting the natural scenery and people's life in Jilin, at the concert titled Along the River During the Qingming Festival on Monday at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse in San Gabriel, California, kicking off Culture Week of Jilin, China. Huang Xilin / For China Daily

San Francisco: Acrobatic demonstration

Li Bin (top) and Li Xiang (bottom), performers from the Changchun Acrobatic Troupe, demonstrate acrobatics during the opening ceremony for the Across the Pacific-China Art Festival at the Chinese Consulate office in San Francisco on Wednesday. Lian Zi / China Daily