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ACCORDINGtothelateRobertoGoizueta,aformerbossofTheCoca-ColaCompany,April15th1981was“oneofthemostimportantdays…inthehistoryoftheworld.”ThatdatemarkedtheopeningofthefirstCokebottlingplanttobebuiltinChinasincetheCommunistrevolution.

Theclaimwasoverthetop,butnotabsurd.MaoZedong’sdisastrouspolicieshadlefttheeconomyintatters.Theheightofpopularaspirationwasthe“fourthingsthatgoround”:bicycles,sewingmachines,fa