Across America

Storied drink - Omaha, NE

Stephen Yue Yu (second from right), secretary of Gisborne Kaifeng Friendship Association, presents Song Dynasty Wine to Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts (left) at the Omaha Dialogue, as Zhao Jing (second from left), CEO of FISO Group, and Li Lei (right), chairman of China Wanqi, look on. The wine was made in Gisborne, the sister city of Kaifeng, in New Zealand. May Zhou / China Daily

Win-win - New York

Amina J. Mohammed (left), deputy secretary-general of the UN, speaks at the opening of a photo exhibition on Belt and Road Initiative entitled Strengthening International Cooperation for Win-Win Development on Monday at UN headquarters in New York. Liu Jieyi (center), China's ambassador to the UN, and Zhou Xiaozheng (right), director of Xinhua News Agency North America, attended the ceremony. Hong Xiao / China Daily

Diversity rules - Washington

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser talks about the city's diversity at a celebration of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, mentioning the 30th anniversary of the Mayor's Office on Asian & Pacific Islander Affairs, on Monday at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington. Mayor's Community Service Awards were presented to the Chinese Youth Club and chef Seng Luangrath of Thip Khao Restaurant. Yuan Yuan / For China Daily

Keep it clean - Los Angeles

An Feng (center), founder and CEO of the US-China Clean Tech Center, moderates a panel discussion on Tuesday about US-China collaboration in clean tech at the ongoing ChinaWeek. China and the Golden State have pledged to deepen cooperation in agriculture, clean tech, cross-border investment, e-commerce and infrastructure. Provided To China Daily

Qing master - Washington

Peng Yingchen (center), assistant professor of modern Chinese art history at American University, gives a talk about the art of Pu Ru, a Chinese painter and calligrapher and member of the ruling house of the Qing Dynasty, on Wednesday in Washington. The talk was part of a month-long Pu Ru art exhibition presented by the US-China Policy Foundation. Yuan Yuan / For China Daily

China day - New York

Students from Montville Township High School perform a group talk show titled Shared Values of China and the US during the 2017 Open Day Experience China event held at the Chinese Consulate General in New York on May 5. Hong Xiao / China Daily

Speaking of Russia - Washington

Moderated by Thomas Wright (left), panelists discuss the current China-Russia relationship at the Brookings Institution on Tuesday in Washington. Panelists are, from left: Philippe Le Corre, visiting fellow at Brookings; Sun Yun, senior associate at the Stimson Center; David Gordon, former chairman of the Eurasia Group; and Bobo Lo, nonresident fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Yuan Yuan / For China Daily

China-US relations in focus - Sunnylands, CA

Participants pose for a group photo at the Second US-China Leaders Forum held at The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, California, from May 7 to 9. Front row (seated) from left: Hu Shuli, editor-in-chief of Caixin Media; Graham Allison ofHarvard University; Niall Ferguson of the Hoover Institution; Fu Ying, National People's Congress; John Thornton, Brookings Institution; Cui Tiankai, Chinese ambassador to the US; Cheng Li of the Brookings; Anla Cheng, founder and CEO, SuperChina. Back row (standing): Li Shan, CEO, Silk Road Finance Corp; David Lane, president, the Annenberg Foundation; Bertrand-Marc Allen, president, Boeing; Liao Min, of the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs; John Allen, retired US Marine Corps General; Zhang Tao, IMF; Martin Indyk of the Brookings; Zheng Zhijie, China Development Bank; Deng Feng, Northern Light Venture Capital; Jerry Yang, AME Cloud Ventures; Ding Jian, of GSR Ventures; Yao Yunzhu, Center on China-America Defense Relations; and Bob Zoellick, former president of the World Bank. Provided To China Daily

(China Daily USA 05/12/2017 page13)