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PUBLISHER & CEO Val Thompson 38 - People CaiWei, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China: “Southern Region Could be an Important Booster to the China-US Relations” Interview by: Heidi Powell .................................... Sonia Rivera, Candidate Houston City Council At Large Position 5 Interview by: Heidi Powell 46 - Business GRAPHIC DESIGNER Craig L. Amos CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Heidi Powell DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Sonia Guimbellot PHOTOGRAPHERS Vicky Pink (Cover Page) ASSOCIATE EDITORS Anita Long Sandy Bernstein SOCIAL DIRECTORS Vanessa Iturbe Dawn Gunther David Ng (Sugar Land) SOCIAL EDITOR Annie Wang MEDIA MOMENT: Houston Entertainment Industry Task Force — The Partnership is Born! By: Centrell Reed CONTRIBUTING WRITERS / REPORTERS Heidi Powell 50 - The Last Word CONTRIBUTING WRITERS T.Jenese Thompson Centrell Reed Veronica Medina From the Publisher, Val Thompson INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT Aaryaman Bhatia Ximena Murillo Copyright© 2019 International Focus Magazine. All rights reserved. No part of this bookDecember 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