“To defeat Fortune, men must anticipate such evils before they arise, and take prudent steps to avoid them. When the waters have already risen, it is too late to build dikes and embankments.”-- Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
Medicom Group, a Montreal-based mask maker, said officials in Shanghai sent them a letter, ordering them to sell their entire output from its factory to the local government, reported the Wall Street Journal.