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Don St. Pierre sr. can recall the first Western deals in revolutionary China, which is why his perspective on today is so striking. As manager of the first major U.S.-China joint venture, Beijing Jeep, he arrived in 1985 when most Chinese still wore Mao suits and commuted on black bicycles. Socialist ideals were paramount. Entrepreneurship was shunned. Home was a "Mickey Mouse room" at the Lido Hotel. When St. Pierre asked for research on the number of private car owners, the answer came back: two. Now it's 1 million and rising, and many automakers see China as the key to future growth in a slumping world economy. "All the things we were dreaming and scheming 20 years ago ...