Gold medal figure painting winner, Li Yuan said the inner meaning of modern art has been replaced by technique, and hopes a recent competition will herald a return to tradition.
The Chinese regime prevented Shanghai Chef Zhang Hua was prevented from going to New York to participate in the first International Chinese Culinary Competition in September 2008.
New York City Councilman John Liu and Assemblywoman Ellen Young, both from Taiwan, attended the meeting held at a Jewish synagogue in Flushing on August 18.