Chinese $ turns so many people without fortitude into bitches.
The Chinese wanted to create two new companies with my company, one in Hong Kong, that we would own 51% of and one in mainland China they owned 100%. They proposed a $20,000 up front investment by them to start the Hong Kong based company. They wanted an IP transfer so we could "do business in China". The game is obvious. I let them buy us lunch at the "Fish Market" in Los Alamitos... best restaurant in that town, and then told them we would "think about it". I do love Chilean Sea Bass cooked to perfection, especially when I stick a Communist with the bill.