Across America

Open for business - Washington

Vinai Thummalapally (left), executive director of SelectUSA, and Stefan Selig, US undersecretary of commerce for international trade, talk to reporters about the 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit in a briefi ng at the Washington Foreign Press Center on Wednesday. Chen Weihua / China Daily

Traffi c tragedy - Fairfax, Va

Wu Xi, deputy chief of mission of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, talks to reporters on Tuesday night outside the Inova Fairfax Hospital after a tour bus carrying a group of Chinese tourists overturned on the George Washington Memorial Parkway near Mount Vernon, leaving one dead and two seriously injured. Chen Weihua / China Daily

Best of times - New York

Hong Kong real estate tycoon Ronnie Chan, who has invested in real estate on the Chinese mainland since 1992, said he has never before seen the market 'as healthy as it is today' during a breakfast meeting on June 5 at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in New York. Hezi Jiang / China Daily

At the Garden - New York

Chinese boxer Zou Shiming (right) and Jozsef Ajtai exchange punches in their fl yweight bout on June 11 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Zou scored a 10-round unanimous decision in his US debut. Niu Yue / For China Daily

Crime busters - Houston

China's Deputy Consul General Liu Hongmei (center) attends an Asian Community and Police Town Hall meeting on June 11 in Houston to discuss safety issues in Chinatown in light of recent burglary and robbery cases. Two suspects believed to be responsible for the most recent cases were arrested thanks to clues provided by surveillance cameras, according to Mattie Provost, assistant chief of police. May Zhou / China Daily

Royal stash - San Francisco

Jay Xu (right), director of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, says the new exhibition Emperors'Treasures is designed to engage the audience 'on an intimate and humanscale' through imperial artwork, during a press preview on Wednesday.The exhibition, on loan from the Taipei Palace Museum, includes nearly 150 rare works of art created or collected by nine Chinese rulers from the 12th century to the 20th century. It will run at the museum from June 17 to Sept 18. Lia Zhu / China Daily

Asian focus - Washington

Four public service professionals from the business, legal,healthcare and political arenas shared their expertise through the lens of Asian American Pacifi c Islander (AAPI) infl uence at a seminar organized by the International Leadership Foundation (ILF) on June 9 in Washington. From left, Hannah Kim, communications director of Congressman Charles Rangel; David Hinson, former

national director of minority business development at the US Department of Commerce; JoseReyes, fellow at offi ce of minority

health, US Department of Health and Human Services; and Farook Sait, conference chair of the Federal Asian Pacifi c American

Council. Provided To China Daily.