Six years later, she started selling other companies' computers and soon was responsible for half of Compaq's sales in China--the company's largest agent in the country.

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Sports agent Jacky Peng, whose clients include China's two highest-ranked male golfers, Liang Wen Chong and Wu Ashun, is also on board.

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