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| NEW YORK'S GOT TALENT The 2014 "Water Cube Cup" Overseas Chinese Youth Singing Competition-New York Round was held on June 1 at the Flushing Mall. Two winners will enter the worldwide contest in Beijing this August as the representatives from New York. New York City Council member Peter Koo (center) congratulates the winners at the award ceremony. Luo Weizong / For China Daily |
| ISLANDS GETAWAY The fourth edition of the New York Summit, Invest Caribbean Now, the biggest investment forum on the Caribbean outside the region, took place on June 4 at the Harvard Club in New York. This year's theme was "Advancing Wealth" and brought together government leaders and private sector executives from around the world including China, Russia, Africa and the US to network and explore the various opportunities in the Caribbean. Media sponsor for the event was China Daily Website. From left: Cao Pengcheng, vice-chairman of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development; Claire McLeveighn, vice-president of trade and investment, international division of Empire State Development; Peter Zhang, president of the Sino-American Friendship Association; Larry Lee, president and editor-in-chief of China Daily USA; Anthony Wellington Phills, branding specialist for Disney's Million Dollar Arm; and Ma Lin, deputy secretary general of the Beijing municipal government. Eliana Kirshenblat / China Daily |
(China Daily USA 06/06/2014 page9)
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