Across Americas
Updated: 2012-12-07 12:56
(China Daily)
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Art Diplomacy US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presents the State Department Medal of Arts to Chinese artist Cai Guoqiang at a Nov 30 ceremony. Cai was among five international and American artists awarded for work that promotes understanding across cultures. The event also marked the 50th anniversary of the department's Art in Embassies program. Cai, who directed visual and special effects for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, also set off his explosive-effect "Black Christmas Tree" work outside the Smithsonian Institution's Freer Gallery of Art. Washington Sun Chenbei / China Daily |
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Stage Presence Tan Dun, the Academy Award-winning composer for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, greets the audience along with cast members after a Nov 29 performance of The Peony Pavilion. Tan directed an updated, abbreviated version of the classic kunqu opera that had a four-night run at the Astor Court inside New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York Stephanie Berger / for China Daily |
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Diplomatic Discourse Jon Huntsman, former US ambassador to China, talks to audience members after giving a speech, America and China: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead, on Tuesday at the University of Washington. Seattle Deng Yu / China Daily |
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On Development Justin Yifu Lin (left), a former World Bank senior vice president and chief economist, chats with Nick Hope, director of the Stanford Center for International Development, after Lin's lecture at the university on Tuesday about new thinking in economic development. Stanford, California Zhang Qidong / China Daily |
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Young Leaders Fifteen high-school and post-secondary students were awarded scholarships for academic achievement and community service by the Chinese Professionals Association of Canada last Saturday. All the honorees have volunteered in their Toronto-area schools and communities, including for Me to We, a Canadian organization whose social-outreach programs include helping build schools in parts of China. Toronto Li Na / China Daily |
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In Concert Yang Tong (second from left), consul from the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, greets performers at China Opera Night last Saturday at the McAfee Performing Arts and Lecture Center. The program included the Silicon Valley Philharmonic Choir, which had rehearsed for over a year, and drew an audience of 500 to hear selections from renowned Chinese operas such as the White-Haired Girl and the Red Detachment of Women. Saratoga, California Provided to China Daily |
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Fashion-Forward Vogue China editor-in-chief Angelica Cheung (center) is flanked by model Sun Feifei and fashion designer Jason Wu on Monday at the annual Legacy Awards gala of the Museum of Chinese in America. The gala, at Cipriani Wall Street, had a theme linked to the museum's spring 2013 exhibition on notable Chinese-Americans in fashion and design. Other attendees included Cai Guoqiang, Silas Chou, Calvin Tsao and IM Pei. New York Yu Wei / China Daily |
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