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From: 1 <jeevacation@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 7:54 PM To: Robert Kuhn Subject: Re: Kuhn Thursday On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 3:48 PM Robert Kuhn «= href=“mailtc rote: Hi: Just met Anna; her Chinese is excellent and she i= well positioned to work in China, where Russia-China is strategically imp=rtant. I will introduce her to senior execs at China Global Television Net=ork, CCTV's international arm, CGTN Russian channel - https://russian.cgtn.com We have a plan. She will prepare a detailed resu=e, with short essays about herself and her father (who published Chinese b=oks in Russia and was known to Chinese and North Koreans). I asked her to =end resume to me in about one month - her Hong Kong program is two months =or Chinese Level 5 (of 6 - Level 4, which she passed, is already very impr=ssive). I will send to right people. Don't know their expansion pl=ns, but she will certainly get a serious look. Wh=n you are back in NY? Meet? On Dec 25, 2018, at 10:11 AM, Robert Kuhn wrote:<=div> Jeffrey -=Happy Holidays, wherever you may be.... I just returned from Beijing= in NY through January, so whenever you return, love to meet. On December 18, I received the China Reform Friendship Medal, =aid to be China's highest award; it was given by President Xi Jinp=ng and Chinese leaders at the commemoration of the 40th an=iversary of reform and opening up in the Great Hall of the People in Beiji=g. I prepared the following as explanation. All best for 2019. Warm regards, Robert <-IV> The China Reform Friend=hip Medal highlights those who have helped China, in diverse areas an= ways, throughout the country's historic, four-decade transformation, =hen China's per capita disposable income increased about 23 times,=and roughly 750 million people were brought out of extreme poverty. 100 Ch=nese and 10 foreigners were honored; five foreigners are living, I am one =f two Americans. I see my receiving the medal as not so much personal but more as express=ng China's enhanced appreciation of international communications.=C2 In this 'new era' of China's reform and opening up, i= this transitional time of China's enhanced engagement with the wo=ld, and in this difficult period of US-China relations, China must take in=ernational communications seriously - to tell the world the genuine, varie=ated, complex story of China, but also to understand world ideas and opini=ns more thoughtfully. EFTA_R1_01799958 EFTA02607855 For 30 years I have been learning about Chin= at all levels =94 from leaders, officials and experts to farmers, migrant wor=ers and students =80 communicating what I've been witnessing and experiencing in commentaries, interviews, books, essays, articles, TV programs,=and documentaries, most recently on China's "targeted pove=ty alleviation campaign." To all those who have helped me along th=s remarkable journey, I express my profound appreciation. In the group pho=o session, President Xi graciously told me that they appreciate what I do =nd asked that I continue to do so. Attached are CCTV photos of the event and art=cles in China Daily and Xinhua (I'm at the end). China Daily - =A0http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201812/19/WS5=194335a3107d4c3a001816.html <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201812/19/W55c194335a3107d4c3a=01816.html> <10 foreigners given medals for roles in reform, ope=ing-up - China Daily - 12.19.18.docx> =/div><10 Foreign Winners of Chna Reform Friendship Med=l - timetkx&igx =AoliMalvitt - Xinhua - 12.19.18.docx&gr; <=iv> <=div> <40th Anniversary R&O - Dec. 18, 2018 - Great Hall Annou=cement.png> <40th Anniversary R&O - Dec. 18, 2018 - Great Hall Medal Pr=sentation.png> <China Reform Friendship Award - Inside Conten=, Xi signature.jpeg> <40th Anniversary R&0=- Dec. 18, 2018 - Xi Jinping & RLK 11.jpeg> </=iv> <40th Anniver=ary R&O - Dec. 18, 2018 - Group 9.jpeg> =br> =C2 please note The information containe= in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileg=d, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the u=e of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disc=osure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly =rohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communicati=n in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail =o jeevacation@g=ail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com> , and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, =ncluding all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved </=iv> --000000000000832105057ecf771b-- conversation-id 317730 date-last-viewed 0 date-received 1546804411 flags 8590195713 remote-id 888704 2 EFTA_R1_01799959 EFTA02607856