Across America_(Dec 1)

Visitors to the Washington State Fair Events Center experience an evening of dazzling lights and shapes. Opened on Nov 24 and running through Jan 7, the Lantern Light Festival is a celebration of a Chinese tradition, with lanterns hand-crafted by Chinese artisans. Linda deng / CHINA DAILY

A couple admire the light display at the Magic Winter Lights at Gulf Greyhound Park in Houston over the Thanksgiving weekend. Brought from Zizong in Sichuan province, the holiday light show presents a total of eight themed exhibits, from Mystic of the East to Dino Land and the Lone Star State. may zhou / CHINA DAILY

Arts groups from the local Chinese community perform a Chinese folk dance at the McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade on Nov 23 in Chicago. The parade this year attracted more than 400,000 viewers. provided to CHINA DAILY 

California Assembly member Evan Low (left) presents a certificate of recognition to Stephanie Xu, president of US-Asia Innovation Gateway, on Nov 22 in Cupertino, California, acknowledging her role in facilitating high-tech exchanges between Silicon Valley cities and Jiangmen city in Guangdong province. She was recently named an “honorary resident” of Jiangmen, which Low said represented the importance of the relationship between Silicon Valley and China. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY

Businessman and collector of Chinese art Leopold Swergold (left) meets with with Rice University adjunct lecturer Anne Chao (center) and curator Amy Poster (right) after a discussion on ancient Chinese Buddhist gilt bronzes at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH). More than 20 pieces of the bronzes from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection are on display at the MFAH Arts of Asia gallery. may zhou / CHINA DAILY

George Washington University students talk with hiring managers from China Telecom Americas at an information session held by CTA and GWU Career Center on Tuesday. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY

A group led by Fan Lihong (first from right), curator of the current exhibition and director of the Site Museum of Shenyang POW Camp of WWII Allied Forces, visits the National Archives at College Park, Maryland on Nov 24. The visit was to search the collection for records of the Mukden (today’s Shenyang) WWII camp. dong leshuo / CHINA DAILY