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Cast of Characters

Jacques Cabang: French businessman, a director of Cartier’s Chinese supply chain; business associate of Li Wanxing.

Chen Ke: Chinese official in the Xian foreign ministry handling foreign venture-capital inflow; Kim Hyŏn’gon’s guanxi.

Chen Wei: Well-connected member of Shanghai elite; Shang Xinwen’s wife; later, Chŏn Taegwang’s business partner.

Ch’oe Sangho: Chief prosecutor in Xian, an ethnic Korean; guanxi for POSCO’s Xian branch.

Chŏn Taegwang: Department head in a South Korean general trading company; Yi Chisŏn’s husband, Song Chaehyŏng’s uncle, and Chŏn Yusuk’s brother.

Chŏn Yusuk: Chŏn Taegwang’s sister and Song Chaehyŏng’s mother.

Chŏng Tongshik: South Korean manufacturer—formerly of tabletop grills, then of baby supplies—in Qingdao; fellow alumnus and business associate of Ha Kyŏngman.

Cooper: President at Gold Groups under Wang Lingling; white American man.

Ha Kyŏngman: Owner and CEO of Guangbao Accessories, a South Korean company based in Qingdao; business associate of Chŏn Taegwang.

Han Minu: South Korean doctor; Chŏn Taegwang’s high school friend and Sŏ Hawŏn’s South Korean colleague.

Han Mira: South Korean undergraduate studying at Beida (Beijing University) for the summer; a friend of Kim Minji; seeking a tutor through Yi Namgŭn.

Ishihara Shiro: Japanese businessman; friend of Ito Hideo and Toyotomi Araki; patron of Madam Jiang.

Ito Hideo: Japanese business broker; friend of Ishihara Shiro and Toyotomi Araki; patron of Madam Jiang.

Madam Jiang: Chinese madam, running a karaoke/brothel catering to Japanese businessmen.

Kang Chŏnggyu: A new employee at POSCO, the trading company where Chŏn Taegwang works; Chŏn Taegwang’s protégé.

Kim Minji: South Korean undergraduate studying at Beida for the summer; a friend ofHan Mira; seeking a tutor through Yi Namgŭn.

Kim Hyŏn’gon: South Korean steel salesman with POSCO; later, POSCO Xian branch sales manager; Chŏn Taegwang’s friend.

Li Wanxing: Chinese manufacturer; Li Yanling’s father; business associate of Jacques Cabang.

Li Yanling: Chinese history student at Beida; engaged to Song Chaehyŏng; daughter of Li Wanxing.

Andy Park: Architect and president at Gold Groups; US-born, Korean American, Berkeley-educated; married to a South Korean.

Shang Xinwen: Chinese customs official; Chen Wei’s husband, Chŏn Taegwang’s guanxi, investor in Sŏ Hawŏn’s clinic.

Sŏ Chiyŏn: Teenage South Korean girl; Sŏ Hawŏn and Yu Ŭnsŏn’s daughter, Sŏ Chunil’s older sister.

Sŏ Chunil: South Korean boy; Sŏ Hawŏn and Yu Ŭnsŏn’s son, Sŏ Chiyŏn’s younger brother.

Sŏ Hawŏn: South Korean plastic surgeon working in a clinic subsidized by Shang Xinwen; Yu Ŭnsŏn’s husband; Sŏ Chiyŏn and Sŏ Chunil’s father.

Song Chaehyŏng: South Korean student studying at Beida; originally a business major, now a history major; Chŏn Taegwang’s nephew and Chŏn Yusuk’s son; Li Yanling’s lover.

Sungqing: Chinese migrant worker; Zhang Wanxing’s wife; Yi Chisŏn’s maid.

Thomas: Head stockbroker at Gold Groups Hong Kong; white American man.

Toyotomi Araki: Japanese steel supplier; friend of Ishihara Shiro and Ito Hideo; patron of Madam Jiang.

Wan Yenchun: Gold Groups president for public relations in China.

Wang Itsan: Chairman of the Gold Groups; Wang Lingling’s adoptive stepfather.

Wang Lingling/Sophia: CEO of the Gold Groups; US-born, with a BA from Harvard and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley; born to a French/Vietnamese mother and an American father, adopted by Wang Itsan.

Yanling’s mother: Middle-aged Chinese woman; married to Li Wanxing.

Yi Chisŏn: Chŏn Taegwang’s wife; Sungqing’s employer.

Yi Namgŭn: South Korean student in Beijing; Chaehyŏng’s friend; Yi Samsu’s nephew.

Yi Samsu: South Korean knockoff apparel–maker working in China; Yi Namgŭn’s uncle.

Mr. Yi: Korean manufacturer of car mufflers; business associate of Chŏn Taegwang and Mr. Zhuang.

Mr. Yu: POSCO Xian branch managerto whom Kim Hyŏn’gon reports.

Yu Ŭnsŏn: South Korean woman; Sŏ Hawŏn’s wife; Sŏ Chiyŏn and Sŏ Chunil’s mother.

Zhang Wanxing: Chinese migrant factory worker; Sungqing’s husband.

Mr. Zhuang: Chinese buyer for his brother’s company; client of Shang Xinwen and business associate of Mr. Yi.