Jan 10, 2006

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Gateway to the East

by Nate DiMeo

Jan 10, 2006

It's no secret that American businesses are dying to break into China's market, and it's not surprising if you think about a billion consumers. But this is nothing new. US enterprise has been trying to bridge that continental divide for decades. Biographer Paul French talks about one of the first American businessmen in China.