Doing some research on a bud's SKS he is looking to sell. Came across this: List of Chinese Type 56 Importers
His looks brand new, imported by CLNIC of LA,CA.
Most of us are familiar with Century/CAI, but there were a ton of importers of these over the years. I think I've had three different importers in my small stash. And weird to think that some of these outfits even operated out of CA or NY back in the day.