Andy i met at the university of Northern Iowas jepson symposium. Each of the last two years he shared a dinner table with me, he was very kind to my students, and then he gave a marvelous talk last year about the chinese economy and the business relationships between the United States and china. Tell us a little bit about how your interest in china developed and what youre going to bring to our conversation today. Andy thank you f introduction. I actually first went to china by pure chance. Im from boone, iowa and studied at Northern Iowa for my undergraduat e degree in supply Chain Management. At the end of my degree, my adviser at the time encouraged me to take an internship in china in the International Logistics department of a large chinese stateowned enterprise. I didnt speak a word of chinese, and id never been to china, didnt know anyone on the entire continent but sucked into china. Its a fantastic culture, interesting language, food, everything. Just went back to the us and w
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