The annual salary a Chinese engineer can expect to make in the coastal cities.

FORBES: Buy the Numbers

They paid a Chinese engineer and a translator to spend three months teaching them how to use the contraption, which is the size of a sport utility vehicle.

FORBES: Golden Fleece

"Business ties start with personal relationships, " said Mr. Lee, a Chinese-born engineer who moved to the area 40 years ago to join Boeing Co.

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