Many foreigners and hip young Chinese cringe at his performances. An expat entertainment and news magazine called Beijing Scene has made Dashan-bashing a regular feature. But that merely adds to his celebrity. But with most variety shows taped around the Chinese New Year, the performing season yields at most a dozen guest shots. Residuals are unheard of here.
Foreign companies present a different problem.
Some of them were replaced with Mr. Rowswell. But Canada has few multinational companies active in this country. SO now he has licensed his name to the Canadian-Chinese joint ginseng venture that puts his face on the box in exchange for a salary and a percentage of sales. BUt marketing funds dried uup when the Canadian partner recently had to file for bankruptcy protection from creditors. Out of the Way His van rolls up to a Metro supermarket on the outskirts of SHanghai, far from Wuxi.