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By the Skin of Their Teeth 　　U.S.-based Nu Skin Enterprises， Inc. issued a statement on January 20 pledging to cooperate with a probe into its Chinese business operations by China’s commerce and market watchdogs. 　　Before the statement was made， the State Administration for Industry and Commerce（SAIC） and the Ministry of Commerce（MOFCOM）， which are responsible for crackdown upon pyramid selling and approval of direct selling respectively， both said that they have started investigating whether or not Nu Skin is involved in a Ponzi scheme. 　　Shen Danyang， a spokesman for the MOFCOM， said on Ja