Executives of Delta Airlines and VIP guests attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark Delta Airlines’s launch of nonstop service from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Hong Kong on Monday. From left: Subrina Chow from the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in San Francisco; Benjamin Lee, present emeritus of Hong Kong Association of Washington; Courtney Gregoire, Port of Seattle co-president; Tom Norwalk, president and CEO of Visit Seattle; Mike Medeiros, vice-president of Delta Seattle; and Mark Reis, managing director of Sea-Tac Airport. [YU DENG / CHINA DAILY]