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Indusco Founded

To help the Chinese produce materials for their fight against Japan, U.S. authors and journalists Helen Foster Snow and Edgar Snow joined with a few other foreigners to create Industrial Cooperatives (Indusco)—small factories that could be established anywhere with very little money.
Outcomes: 
Both Nationalists and Communists picked up on this idea, and cooperatives were set up throughout Chinese held territory. In addition to making an important contribution to China’s early war effort, the Chinese name of the project, with its spirit of concerted and collective action, provided a new word for the English language: gung ho.
Contact Info: 
U.S. Department of State
Source: 

https://history.state.gov/countries/issues/china-us-relations

Government?: 
No
Type of Exchange: 
business
Partners: 
American authors and journalists Helen Foster Snow and Edgar Snow
Participants (Types): 
authors, journalists, business people
Exchange Date: 
Saturday, January 1, 1938
Continuing: 
No
Location: 
China
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