Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer, during his speech at the 2009 HYSTA conference in Santa Clara California.

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Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer, claps his hands together during his keynote speech at the beginning of the 2009 Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association (HYSTA) meeting in Santa Clara California. HYSTA, founded in Silicon Valley in 1999 to foster US-China business, has become the largest Chinese professional organization in the California Bay Area. The theme of this year’s conference was “Survive and Thrive, Amidst a global economic crisis.” Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave this year’s Keynote speech to more than 1,200 Chinese and American HYSTA members attending the annual conference in Santa Clara, California. Photo by Chuck Nacke

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Location: Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California, USA
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