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Written by Peter Li-Chang Kuo (Chinese) Some call May 4th "the Day of Amnesty," and it's quite fitting. While organizing my lecture notes these past few days, I offen came across a photo of someone who fabricated a sophisticated "eyelet" sample and delivered it to Avnet Taiwan Ltd., an American company. He looked like a child—yet at 13, he had to support eight others—including two patients. Fig 1: Li-Chang Kuo's PTH product at age 13. Avnet Taiwan Ltd.'s parent company was a NYSE-listed company, well aware of American corporate processes—signing a contract, making advanced payment, and then carrying out the agreed-upon work. However, in November 1966, they asked for a product without any explanation. I produced a sample for them within two days, but then spent over a month making dozens of revisions, and then demanded I create a detailed, illustrated acceptance letter "Approval Sheet" —without paying a single penny during this period....