Yearender: U.S.-China subnational ties robust in 2019 despite crosscurrents

People visit the Chinese garden Liu Fang Yuan in the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in Los Angeles, the United States, April 21, 2019. Inspired by Chinese gardens of Suzhou, Liu Fang Yuan, or the Garden of Flowing Fragrance, is one of the largest Chinese-style gardens overseas. In 2019, while the bilateral relationship between China and the United States is going through some rough patches at the national level, wide-ranging exchanges and cooperation at the subnational level have not been losing steam. (Xinhua/Li Ying)