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PUBLISHER & CEO Val Thompson 43 - Business Encore Industrial: Doing Business in China By Sonia Gumbeloit ...................... Greater Houston Partnership, Bob Harvey By Vivienne Kwon ...................... The Houston Chapter of China General Chamber of Commerce- USA Written by Heidi Powell-Prera 54 - People International Women’s Day by Anita Long ...................... Ambassador Li Qiangmin Consul General of People’s Republic of China in Houston By Dawn Gunther 64 - The Last Word From the Publisher, Val Thompson GRAPHIC DESIGNER Craig L. Amos DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & SALES Vivienne Kwon DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Sonia Guimbellot ASSOC. EDITORS Anita Long Sandy Bernstein SOCIAL DIRECTOR Dawn Gunther PHOTOGRAPHERS Vicky Pink Heidi Powell Mohammed Ghanayem CONTRIBUTING WRITERS / REPORTERS Sonia Guimbellot Katia Hadjiyska Charles Padgett CONTRIBUTING WRITERS T.Jenese Thompson Sonia Guimbellot Heidi Powell Sonia Rivera Dawn Gunther REPORTER / CORRESPONDENT Anryaman Bhatia Washington D.C. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT Ximena Murillo Corey Mason Copyright© 2018 International Focus Magazine. All rights reserved. No part of this book August be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems. iF logo is protected through copyright registration in the United States. We welcome your comments and suggestions, please send to: [email protected] iF Magazine | www.iFMagazine.net 7