Third Minister Hu Zhiaoxing was a Chinese diplomat stationed on Catalina Island off the U.S. west coast. In 2117 Hu, along with his aide Wang Zemin, met with Secretary of State Jackson, Secretary of Defence Berkowitz and Secretary of the DEA Kojima in Los Angeles to discuss Chinese distribution of Real. The Americans demanded that the Chinese stop pushing the drug on Americans. Hu mildly explained that Real wasn't a drug but a consumer product which the Chinese distributed to willing customers. Further, the U.S. had nothing nearly so interesting with which to compete and so were trying unfairly to restrict trade. The Americans replied with a warning of war if the Chinese persisted. On that note the conference ended and Hu returned to Catalina.