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South China Morning Post
11-06-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Top US envoy in Hong Kong may be headed for senior role in Beijing embassy
The top US diplomat in Hong Kong is likely to be heading north to take up a leading role in the United States' Beijing embassy, the South China Morning Post has learned. Gregory May , who arrived to serve as the US consul general for Hong Kong and Macau in September 2022, is tipped to be a top candidate for a ministerial role in the US embassy in Beijing, according to sources. It is a critical time in the relationship as Beijing and Washington engage in a series of high-stakes talks to manage their escalating trade and export control measures. 05:05 Trump and Xi discuss Taiwan, troubled US-China trade ties in call breaking stand-off Trump and Xi discuss Taiwan, troubled US-China trade ties in call breaking stand-off The new American ambassador, David Perdue , assumed his post on May 15, just days after Beijing and Washington reached an unexpected truce in Geneva to de-escalate a trade war that had injected fear into the world's financial markets. May's likely new role would make him one of Perdue's top lieutenants at the 1,300-person embassy in Beijing and mainland consulates, according to one source familiar with the matter. 'His pragmatism, resourcefulness and vast experience covering mainland [China], Hong Kong and Taiwan made him a leading candidate for the role to assist ambassador Perdue,' the source said, declining to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter. A second source said that after several rounds of sanctions imposed from both sides, creating political exchanges in Hong Kong had become difficult, but May still managed to connect with various Hong Kong communities via outreach efforts and was 'instrumental' in maintaining business, academic and people exchanges.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
1 of 12 people is food insecure, new stats for Long Island show
MELVILLE, Long Island (PIX11) — Of every dozen people, one of them doesn't know where their next meal is coming from, and may go hungry. That's what the results of a new survey show for people in the Tri-state region, specifically, the organization Feeding America has now released its Map the Meal Gap study. More Local News Its information, based on statistics supplied by the U.S.D.A., U.S. Census Bureau, and Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows that on Long Island specifically, 10 percent more people are food insecure, year over year. The survey compares numbers in 2022 with those in 2023, the latest year for which there are complete figures. In that period, food insecurity rose from 221,190 Long Islanders experiencing it to 240,470 people having it as an issue. That's approaching a quarter million people, or about 1 in 12 Long Island residents. Gregory May, the director of government and community affairs at Island Harvest, the food bank that serves both Nassau and Suffolk Counties, said that his food bank sees the effects of those numbers daily. 'In 2019,' he said, 'we distributed about 9 million pounds, 10 million pounds of food.' 'This year,' May continued, 'we're going to be distributing 20 million pounds of food. We're doing about twice what we were doing before the pandemic.' He said that among the actions that people can take to try and reverse the numbers is to 'reach out to your member of Congress, and tell them no cuts to SNAP.' That is, of course, the acronym for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or what used to be known as food stamps. There have been efforts in Washington to reduce SNAP benefits during this session of Congress, but no actual action has yet taken effect. May also said that there are efforts that individuals can take to help tackle the growth in food insecurity. Among them, he said, 'Donate food, volunteer their time. We need more of everything right now, from the folks that are able to help.' He also said that specific ways to donate food, time, and funds are here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
