The day Claude R. Jaeck came to our office for the interview, he carried with him a copy of “A Brief History of the Boxer Rebellion”, a book he borrowed from our office several weeks ago and finished reading. The book’s subtitle read: China’s war on Foreigners, 1900. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Middle Kingdom was at war with the western powers and Chinese were out to kill foreigners to vent their fury over European nations swaggering within China. A century later, when Claude came to mainland China to help grow and develop a wide range of businesses, Chinese are fighting to sign up to work with foreign companies. Tides of history change dramatically, but one thing never changes, at all times and in all lands, that is human nature.