Thanks. Nice to meet you, too. Arrived in China two weeks after Mao had died and the country was in mourning. Huge amount of political upheaval at the time with lots of people jockeying tip for the top spot. There was no clear legal or electoral system to determine succession as is the case in all countries ruled by strongmen and charismatics. Spent seven months there at three remote fertilizer factory sites.
I was there in 1979.
Also about 7 months, worked at a hotel there. It was just starting to open to the outside world way back then. Fascinating. I have not actually been back there since.
It is nice to meet you.