Bill:

To that intrepid band of adventurers who moved to Dalian in 1980 to begin the National Institute for Industrial Science and Technology Development, on behalf of the Chinese and American governments; and to my best friend and partner in everything I’ve ever done, Marie Annette, who not only encouraged me to be a part of the Dalian adventure but brought along Kimberly, Amy, and Billy and changed all our lives. Without her, my life would have been so much poorer!

To Jack N. Behrman, who took me under his wing and taught me to think beyond traditional borders when I was a young neophyte at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Umberto:

To Roberta, Giovanni, Francesco: my very special ZZJYT!

Fang:

To Thierry, my partner and best friend, ...

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