First of all, this was 15 years ago. The opposition had noticed the deposition, and it was of a Party official who, obviously, had consented to the process. The situation was complicated, but boiled down to a power struggle between the People's Liberation Army and the Party (both of whom owned factories at the time), fought in an American court through the vehicle of a copyright and trademark dispute over a toy. It's really quite a story, but far too long to relate here.