Exhibit 1




                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

     In accordance with Rule 13d-1 (f) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the joint filing with all
other Reporting Entities (as such term is defined in the Schedule 13G) on behalf
of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13G (including  amendments  thereto)
with respect to the Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of JF China Region
Fund Inc., and that this Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint
filing.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this Agreement this 16th
day of January, 2009.


                                           LEVIN CAPITAL STRATEGIES, L.P.

                                           By:/s/ JOHN A. LEVIN
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                                                  JOHN A. LEVIN
                                             Chief Executive Officer



                                           LCS, LLC

                                           BY:/s/ JOHN A. LEVIN
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                                                  JOHN A. LEVIN
                                                  General Partner



                                           By:/s/ JOHN A. LEVIN
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                                                  John A. Levin