Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Role reversal: Georgia firm sells chopsticks to the Chinese

We've grown so used to seeing "Made in China" on our cloths and so much else that we buy, that I was shocked to learn of a company in Georgia that sells --- of all things --- chopsticks to the Chinese. Taking coal to Newcastle... selling ice to Eskimos... our culture is full of such sayings. But nothing tops this. Life outdoes art once again.

The company's owner predicts the firm will be making 10 million chopsticks a day by year's end. And Georgia has the pines to provide the raw material.

More: http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/08/24/wld01.asp

We need a million more entrepreneurs just like this one.

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