Born and raised in the Greater Bay Area, educated in the US, and now based back here — about an hour from most of the factories you're being pitched by.
I navigate Chinese-language records and platforms, ask questions in Mandarin or Cantonese, and write it up in English your team can actually use. I'll tell you what I found, what I couldn't find, and what I think it means. Where the record is thin, I'll say so.
Think of this as your first look — the review that tells you whether a supplier is worth a formal audit, or worth walking away from.... Read more