Banquet
in The Great Hall of the People,
on the west side of Tiananmen Square

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First, the Climb!

Signing Ceremony,
The Memorandum of Understanding
between the Chinese and US Mechanical Engineering Societies
As usual, Tom was taking the photos, so he is not in them.

Photo-Op
The mural depicts the Forbidden Kingdom.

Presidents of CMES AND ASME


The Signing
(John Zhang standing)


Banquet

Entertainment

Tom's counterpart at CMES, "John" Zhang, and Chor


John and I became friends at an earlier conference in Florida.



My new pal, Angie, and her husband, David,
from Auburn University, Alabama


Angie and David (left);
Chittaranjan Sahay, ASME Board of Governors and University of Hartford, CT, and his wife (right)


I finally got him alone!

Info about The Great Hall of the People
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To be Continued... a trip to Tiananmen Square
and then into the Antiques District!
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