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cage had a hole in the top, and the monkey was strapped down in a little chair
inside the cage. (The cage was built with the little chair in it.) The waiter opened
the cage, grabbed the monkey by the hair of its head, took a meat cleaver and
whacked off the top of his scalp. My distributor friend then ate the live, raw brains

with chop sticks as I watched the monkey squirm. When he was through eating the
delicacy, the waiter came and removed the cage. I never really understood why you
had to eat them raw; they said you couldn’t cook them. They never really gave a
reason why, but they had to be eaten raw.

The Chinese are proud people, and they truly believe in saving face. If they
purchased a product that was not compatible with their old equipment, they would
dump it in the sea rather than return it; this is quite different from the U.S.

approach.

Being an American, I was a VIP and issued a large badge with my photo and name
on it. It allowed me to go anywhere in communist China without being escorted.
Since I was there and curious, I wanted to learn, so between working sessions, I
walked into school rooms and street businesses. One time I even went into the

Beijing Children’s Hospital. I walked down the halls and saw that a surgery was
being performed. In the hospital’s operating room was a small girl about five years
old having a growth removed from her groin. No pain killer or anesthesia was used
- only acupuncture needles! Acupuncture is usually used for physiological
problems like fingernail biting, bed wetting, or nervous twitches – but surgery?
Needles were sticking out of her eyelids, forehead, and ears. I took photographs.

One afternoon I had a headache, and our Chinese marketing manager said he
would take me to the local pharmacy, which ended up being a wall of boxes on
shelves with twigs and bark in them. He explained to the young girl at the counter,
probably 14 years old, what I needed. Then she turned to him and asked what size
condom I wore. Small, medium or large? This was during the time when China had
a law of only one child per family, and being in their country, she had to obey the

law, which required her to supply condoms as a means of birth control. After many
hand gestures and giggles between them, I said, “I will take one of each since I
don’t know how excited I am going to get.” [Chuckle, chuckle!] They thought my
response was great! She handed me all three with a bag of bark to place in boiling
water for my headache. Upon returning to my office, the marketing manager

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