Redmond, WA: Heavy hitters

Gary Locke (center), US ambassador to China from 2011 to 2014, speaks with audience after a panel discussion, A Bridge to China: Exploring the Northwest's future with the East, at the Microsoft Conference Center on Nov 20. Ray Conner, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes; Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel and executive vice-president; Michael Young, president of the University of Washington; Jimmy Hexter, former chairman of McKinsey & Co's Beijing office; and Nelson Dong, partner in the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, also attended the event. Yu Deng / China Daily