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BANK BEGINS

East West Bank hosted the grand opening of its newest branch, in the Silicon Valley city of Cupertino, California on Sept 20. Vice Mayor Orrin Mahoney and Mayor Mark Santoro (fifth and sixth from left, respectively, behind ribbon) joined the ceremony, along with Karen Fukumura (to the right of Santoro), an executive vice-president and retail-banking head for the bank's holding company, East West Bancorp. Zhang Qidong/China Daily 

TECH SESSION

Three firms teamed up Sept 20 to present Silicon Valley entrepreneurs with information about cross-border technology transfers to China. Topics included Chinese tax trends, intellectual-property protection and enforcement, risk management and profitability for US companies doing business in China. From left: Vanessa Wu, vice-president of corporate and commercial sales for HSBC; Andrew Walker, director, and Vivian Wang, partner, Deloitte Consulting LLP; Alex Nie, associate, and James Chapman, partner, Foley & Lardner LLP. Zhang Qidong / China Daily