Northwest

Welcome home

High school students from Tacoma, Washington return from an 11-day trip to China that was initiated by a personal invitation from President Xi Jinping last year, on Tuesday morning. Linda Deng / China Daily

In the air

Austin Moeung, a high school junior, shows a Chinese calligraphy he created during the flight home, as he and his school mates arrive at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport from a trip to China Tuesday morning. Linda Deng / China Daily

Flying pandas

Students hold a banner with their signatures after they returned home on a new Hainan Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with a specially designed livery featuring characters from the Kung Fu Panda film franchise on Tuesday. Linda Deng / China Daily

Catching a ride

School buses take on a group of students from Lincoln High School who have just returned home on Tuesday from an 11-day trip to China at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Linda Deng / China Daily

(China Daily USA 10/21/2016 page14)