Across America (March 24)

What's cooking? - Houston

From left: Yi Xiao, director of the Confucius Institute at Texas Southern University (CI-TSU); lecturer Koji Okina; chef Ding Dezhong from Sarah Place; CI-TSU Director Roger Hart; Education Consul Long Jie and Wang Yi, director of the Confucius Institute, attend the opening ceremony of CI-TUS'cooking class on Thursday. The inaugural class aims to expand the scope of cultural learning at CI-TSU, according to Yi. May Zhou / China Daily