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David Buxbaum, who worked at an international law firm, was one of the first participants from the United States to take part in the spring session of the Chinese Export Commodities Fair, which is also known as the Canton Fair, held in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, in April 1972, after US President Richard Nixon's historic visit to China earlier in the year.

In the early 1960s, few Westerners set foot in the People’s Republic of China. Australians needed permission from their own government to go there. Some got a green light, but Beijing guarded visas for people from non-Communist countries like precious jewels.