3 honored for bridging cultural divide
China DailyThe China Institute honored three people for promoting mutual understanding between China and the United States during the annual Blue Cloud Gala on Thursday in New York. "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to salute these three honorees for their outstanding leadership and contribution to our society as well as in the social exchange between the American and Chinese people," said George S. Geh, CEO of the China Institute in America. Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping attended the gala and expressed his appreciation for the China Institute and the awardees' efforts in "making a positive impact on China-US cultural exchanges". The China Institute is a nonprofit founded in New York in 1926 by US educators John Dewey and Paul Monroe, along with Chinese scholars Hu Shi and Kuo Ping-wen.