From: To: Subject: Date: Attachments: J <[email protected]> Nicole Junkermann Fwd: Kuhn The, 25 Dec 2018 15:50:46 +0000 10foreigners_given_medals_for_roles_in_reform,_opening-up_-_China_Daily_- _12.19.18.docx; 10_Foreign_Winners_ofChna_Reform_Friendship_MedaIn t ?3Z* AtIZ R4g4144tt_-_Xinhua_-_12.19.18.docx; 40th_Anniversary_R&O_- _Dec._18,_2018_-_Great_Hall_Announcement.png; 40th_Anniversary_R&O_- _Dec._18,_2018_-_Great_Hall_Medal_Presentation.png; China Reform_Friendship_Awardn Inside_Content,_Xi_signature.jpeg; 40th Anniversary_R&On Dec._18,2018_-_Xiiinping_&_RLK_11.jpeg; 40th Anniversary_R&On Dec._18,2018_-_Group_9.jpeg Forwarded messa e From: Robert Kuhn Date: Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 10:11 AM Subject: Kuhn To: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> 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, said to be China's highest award; it was given by President Xi Jinping and Chinese leaders at the commemoration of the 401h anniversary of reform and opening up in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. I prepared the following as explanation. Breakthroughs filming schedule coming together very well - lots of enthusiasm among participants, All best for 2019. Warm regards, Robert The China Reform Friendship Medal highlights those who have helped China, in diverse areas and ways, throughout the country's historic, four-decade transformation, when China's per capita disposable income increased about 23 times, and roughly 750 million people were brought out of extreme poverty. 100 Chinese and 10 foreigners were honored; five foreigners are living, I am one of two Americans. I see my receiving the medal as not so much personal but more as expressing China's enhanced appreciation of international communications. In this 'new era' of China's reform and opening up, in this transitional time of