In 2007, a Chinese woman sued her former employer after being fired for contradicting her boss three times (a company policy). HWA-1 Enterprise Co. Ltd., a light industrial manufacturer based in the port city of Xiamen, fired the woman for refusing to pay fines she incurred after talking back to superiors: a "first contradiction of superiors" would incur a fine of 30 yuan ($4.18), a second 100 yuan, and a third would warrant dismissal. Ms. Ni told local media: "The factory head told me that, according to company rules, no matter whether management was right or wrong, employees are not allowed to contradict them and must obey."