Laszlo Montgomery

LA-based Laszlo Montgomery is the elusive genius behind China History Podcast. Watch out for a new ten-part series on the podcast, beginning in December

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Made in China

Laszlo Montgomery’s other life in Chinese manufacturing

 

In my China History Podcast series I have touched on China trade going all the way back to the times of the Han Dynasty adventurer Zhang Qian. Trade with China has always been exotic and unique. Silk, tea, lacquerware and other valuables ware sold along the fabled trade routes to all points between Rome and Asia. Zhang Qian, Marco Polo, the Silk Road, the Tea Horse Road, Zheng He, Macao, the Canton System, the Noble House. For an old China hand, what isn’t there to love about this world of China trade?

But when I first started out as a China watcher, back in the day, I didn’t realise that in my professional life I would become part of it myself.

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Laszlo Montgomery , Thu 13 November 2014 in

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