Article: COOL IN A CONE; VALLEY ICE CREAM MAKER SCOOPS OUT CALIFORNIA LIFESTYLE IN CHINA.(BUSINESS)

Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer

The Golden State, it turns out, is a golden marketing tool for American businesses in China.

At least that's the lesson learned from the success of Van Nuys-based Dandy Don's HomeMade Ice Cream in Guangdong province (formerly Canton) in southern China.

The California-inspired promotion, the brainchild of California businessman David Tong, seems to be working. In about three years, 13 Dandy Don's American Ice Cream franchises have been sold in the province, one of the wealthiest in China.

``If you tried to promote American products and use New York, do you think it would work?'' asked Tong ...

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