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China Daily USA | Updated: 2014-03-21 14:23

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FILM BUFFS

Mia MacDonald (right), co-executive producer of What's for Dinner?, a short documentary film about the rapidly growing consumption of meat and other animal products in China, discusses her filming experiences and viewpoints on environmental issues at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington on Wednesday following the center's screening of the film as part of the ongoing Environmental Film Festival in the US capital. Jennifer Turner (left), director of Wilson Center's China Environment Forum, moderated the discussion. Cai Chunying / China Daily, Washington

KEYNOTE NOTED

Stephen Walker Gray, executive in charge of production of Tencent's interactive entertainment group, gives a keynote address at Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Chen Jia / China Daily, San Francisco

HUNGER GAMES

Gabrielle Kirstein (left), CEO of Feeding Hong Kong, tells Timmy Hammerly, member of the Global Food Banking Network, about the program in Hong Kong on Tuesday at a reception held at Asia Society Texas Center. More than 60 global hunger fighters from over 30 countries attended the three-day program at the Food Bank Leadership Institute (FBLI) in Houston to learn how to better fight hunger in the world. Ken Jones provided to China Daily, Houston

GOTTA HAVE ART

Art dealer Michael Goedhuis (center) poses with Chinese artists Wei Ligang (right) and Sun Liangang at the opening of the exhibition Chinese Palaces by Wei at Mallett in New York on March 15. Provided to China Daily, New York

SCENE STEALERS

Baritone Wang Yunpeng and pianist Lachlan Glen after a recital at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts on March 14. Wang, from Shenzhen, is in his first year of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera. In the 2013-2014 season, Wang sang the role of Fieramosca in Act I, Scene I of Hector Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini in the MET + Juilliard scenes program conducted by maestro James Levine. Liu Lian / China Daily, New York

Pride OF THE IRISH

Traditional Irish dancers marched up Fifth Avenue in New York City for a cold and windy St Patrick's Day parade on March 17, that featured bagpipe players and most New Yorkers wearing a bit of the green on a day when everyone is Irish, even if they're not. Hu Haidan / China Daily, New York

CORNER OFFICE

The Chinese Corner at Lan-Su Chinese Garden, which was focused on the Chinese tea culture and language, was organized by the Confucius Institute at Portland State University. Provided to China Daily, Portland, OR

(China Daily USA 03/21/2014 page13)