As I have mentioned before, the company my husband works for imports it products from China. Their original business centered around office chairs.
My husband was hired in 2005 by the company to develop a line of case goods which consist of desk, bookshelves, credenzas, conference tables, etc. His first trip to China followed shortly after he was hired.
His trip was orchestrated by "Grant", a Chinese business liaison. He could be considered the modern day "the Cohong merchant". He made all the hotel reservation and planned all the meetings with the potential factories.
The first factory he went to was run by "Ricky", whose wife's name ironically is "Lucy". These are the American names the factory owner and his wife had chosen to use when doing business with people from the West.
"Ricky" presented my husband with this statue of Mao, a not so subtle means of showing his political loyalty. "Ricky" also owns a restaurant called "Chairman Mao". The legend of Mao is obviously alive and well in the China of today.
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