Consul-General at the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco Luo Linquan tours the Sinn Family Farms on May 8 with local farmers. He listened to growers' concerns over the recent China-US trade conflict. Oregon produces over 90 percent of the hazelnuts for the US market and is reaching Chinese consumers through e-commerce platforms. Provided to China Daily
Veterans' call - San Francisco
Norman Yee (standing, front), a San Francisco supervisor, joins other supervisors and Chinese-American veterans on June 12 at San Francisco City Hall to call on Congress to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Chinese-American WWII veterans for their service and sacrifice for the country. LIA ZHU / China Daily
Musical envoy - Los Angeles
Zhang Ping, Chinese consul general in Los Angeles, presents a plaque to Jim Foschia, who directs the Alexander Hamilton High School jazz ensemble, during a presentation ceremony at Los Angeles City Hall on June 12. The plaque commemorates the ensemble's upcoming tour to Chengdu and Shanghai as cultural ambassadors for Los Angeles. LIU YINMENG / for China Daily
Sister cities - St. Louis, MO
Nanjing Mayor Lan Shaomin and St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson sign memoranda to increase trade, investment, and people-to-people relationships between the two cities at the World Trade Center St. Louis on June 7. Nanjing became a sister city of St. Louis in 1979 — the first relationship of its kind between the United States & China. Provided to China Daily
Film awards - Seattle
Xiao Xiayong, cultural counselor at the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco, congratulates the winners of the Seattle Film Festival China Stars Awards at the awards ceremony on June 8 in Seattle. The winners were The Taste of Betel Nut, directed by Jia Hu, produced by Wei Sun; Dead Pigs, directed by Cathy Yan; and Girls Always Happy, directed by Mingming Yang. Linda Deng / China Daily
Rings a bell - Houston
Treyton Zanutto, a Houston high schooler attending the China Institute program of the Asia Society Texas Center, tries out an ancient Chinese chime while his fellow students look on at the consulate general on Wednesday. As part of the week-long summer program introducing China, the students also watched the film Born in China and chatted with Deputy Consul General Wang Yu. May Zhou / China Daily
Tourism boost - Cambridge, MA
The China National Tourist Office of New York hosted a photo exhibition showcasing Chinese tourist destinations at Harvard University on June 10. It was the office's first event at the college and held as part of the 39th Boston Dragon Boat Festival. Provided to China Daily
Computer aid - Chicago
From left: CEO of Chinawise Business Consulting Jing Zhao Cesarone, co-founder of Elastos Foundation Feng Han, dean of physical sciences at University of Chicago Rocky Kolb and associate dean of physical sciences at University of Chicago Bill Lynerd jointly sign the Elastos Foundation Scholarship agreement on June 7. The foundation has committed to giving $100,000 to the University of Chicago for the Department of Computer Science in the Division of the Physical Sciences. The Elastos Foundation has received support from Foxconn, Tsinghua University and various government departments. Provided to China Daily
Research brilliance - Gaithersburg, MD
Lieping Chen (front row, third from left), co-director of Cancer Immunology Program at Yale University; Richard Pazdur (front row, fourth from left), director of the FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence; Yongjun Liu (front row, third from right), head of global R&D at Sanofi; and Laurence Cooper (not pictured), CEO, Ziopharma, receive Brilliant Achievement Awards at the 23rd annual conference of Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association – USA (CBA) in Gaithersburg, Maryland on June 9. Zhong Shen / FOR CHINA DAILY
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