Cutting Across History

There is a 350-year-old company in China. It saw the Ming Dynasty's demise, the Chinese Revolution, the seizure of private property by the government, decades of state control, and now, the re-privatization of companies. Through it all, it has turned out its humble but very practical product ~ scissors ~ and tried to live by the motto of its founder, Zhang Jiasi: "Good steel and excellent workmanship" (story and videos): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22160739