17 CHINESE BUSINESSMEN VISIT PLAZA.Byline: Daily News A delegation of Chinese business leaders toured the Civic Arts Plaza as part of a Southern California trade mission Wednesday. The 17 men toured the city's Civic Center just as 1,800 elementary school children swarmed into the Probst Theater for a performance by the New West Symphony Orchestra which included solos by three Chinese-American students. The delegation also visited the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. Every member of the delegation hailed from the city of Xian XIAN - Christian in the Shaanxi Shaanxi (shän`shē`) or Shensi (shĕn`sē`) [west of the mountain passes], province (1994 est. pop. 34,010,000), c.76,000 sq mi (196,840 sq km), N central China. Province, a state located in the Wei River Valley of Northwest China. Xian, with a population of four million, is largest city in the northwestern region of China. The province is one of China's chief textile regions, and several important archeological sites are also found there. The delegates' day trip to Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley was part of a week-long visit to Southern California. The delegates met with Thousand Oaks Mayor Judy Lazar; Mayor Pro Tem Michael Markey; Council member Linda Parks; and representatives from the offices of Ventura County Supervisor Frank Schillo and Congressman Brad Sherman, D-Woodland Hills. |
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