Coke’s Chief Kent Gets Lost in Translation Toasting China’s Hu
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Coca-Cola Co. Chief Executive Officer Muhtar Kent found a memorable way to toast Chinese President Hu Jintao: in Japanese.
Kent, chairman of the Washington-based U.S.-China Business Council, was warming up the crowded ballroom at Washington’s Wardman Park Marriott Hotel yesterday for Hu’s only policy address during his four-day trip to the U.S., which ends today.