Discount department, toy hardware and sporting goods stores -- including Ace Hardware, Ames, Blain Supply, Kay Bee Toys, Meijers, Tru-Serv and Wal-Mart -- sold these bikes nationwide from October 1999 through March 2001.
Victor Meijers, a Dutchman who is the only foreign global partner in DeHeng Law Offices, one of China's big law firms, says that he gets several inquiries a month from struggling European firms looking for a Chinese white knight.