From: To: Subject: Date: Attachments: Inline-Images: Robert Kuhn "jeffrey E." <[email protected]> Kuhn Tue, 25 Dec 2018 15:11:34 +0000 10_foreigners_given_medals_for_roles_in_reform,_opening-up_-_China_Daily_- _12.19.18.docx; 10_Foreign_Winners_ofChna_Reform_Friendship_MedaIn t •Ag ainigg4444_-_Xinhua_-_12.19.18.docx 40th_Anniversary_R&On Dec._18,2018_-_Great_Hall_Announcement.png; 40th Anniversary_R&On Dec._18,2018_-_Great_Hall_Medal_Presentation.png; China Reform_Friendship_Awardn Inside_Content,_Xi_signaturejpeg; 40th Anniversary_R&On Dec._18,_2018_-_Xiiinping_&_RLK_11.jpeg; 40th Anniversary_R&On Dec._18,2018_-_Group_9.jpeg 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 40th 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 China's enhanced engagement with the world, and in this difficult period of US-China relations, China must take internation