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In 1993, Tim Clissold, a young Brit fluent in Mandarin, went to China on behalf of an investor. This is his story.

Clissold was hired by "Pat," a Wall Street banker, to establish joint ventures with Chinese companies. The search for investment projects took Clissold all over the country, to more than 100 dilapidated factories.

One visit included a hilarious trip to a condom factory with some straight-laced Morgan Stanley fund managers. To cultivate relationships, he attended dinners where he ate such foods as deer penis and drank the inescapable, gut-wrenching baijiu, an alcohol concoction.