Boosting trade - Bellevue, WA

Lt Governor Cyrus Habib speaks at the China Provinces-Washington State Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum at the Westin Bellevue on Thursday, an event promoting Chinese investment to the US and US exports to China. Linda Deng / China Daily

Trade talk - Bellevue, WA

Sun Chenghai, general director of the trade development bureau of China's Ministry of Commerce (left), is introduced by Brian Young, lead of Washington State governor's clean technology industry sector, at the China Provinces-Washington State Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum. Over 100 representatives of Chinese companies and local government officials attended the event at the Westin Bellevue on Thursday. Linda Deng / China Daily

Happy anniversary - Bellevue, WA

Members of the Hwa Sheng Chinese Opera Club perform excerpts from the Peking Opera The Scholar Matchmaker, as part of a celebration of the club's 50th anniversary at the Meydenbauer Center on Sunday. Linda Deng / China Daily

Grand tradition - Bellevue, WA

The Hwa Sheng Chinese Opera Club, an amateur Chinese Opera group in the Seattle area, celebrates their 50th Anniversary with series performances of Chinese opera at the Meydenbauer Center on Sunday. Linda Deng / China Daily

(China Daily USA 07/21/2017 page14)