Bringing Back Baile on 6th Tone. Nearly 50 years ago, Shen Jian got a job making Baile-brand accordions at the Shanghai Accordion Factory. The factory is long gone — closed during a round of state-owned enterprise consolidation in the early 2000s — and demand for accordions has shrunk, but Shen remains, running a factory on the outskirts of Shanghai.
Fascinating story. He even exports now. It’s worth watching.