Founder Dominic Penaloza, a Chinese Canadian serial entrepreneur selected 100 influential business and tech leaders as charter members and informal advisers, then relied on these contacts to invite their connections to join.

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The Washington Times article reveals that the Iranians have asked the Chinese to remove the serial numbers from the weapons delivered, so as to make them less traceable.

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In a recent breakthrough, the debut show of a Chinese-language TV drama serial had a gay storyline.

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An example of the kind of deals getting done in this current climate is Ushi, a Chinese version of LinkedIn founded by former Hong Kong investment banker and serial entrepreneur Dominic Penaloza.

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Cheng, naturally, is a serial visitor to the cooking section, snapping up books in both English and Chinese.

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