Rugby Union - The Sanyo Cup - Wasps v World XV - Twickenham Stadium, London, Britain - May 24, 1997 Nick Popplewell of the World XV celebrates with the Sanyo Cup REUTERS/Action Images

A worker stands in an apartment during its renovation in a neighbourhood that used to house migrant workers in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 13, 2018. Picture taken December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Workers paste Shenzhen themed propaganda posters to a fence surrounding a construction site near new high-rise buildings in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 13, 2018. Picture taken December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A worker stands in an apartment during its renovation in a neighbourhood that used to house migrant workers in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 13, 2018. Picture taken December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Workers weld a new facade to building of the former Sanyo factory in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Men work in a garage for luxury cars in a building of the former Sanyo factory in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Skyscrapers rise behind a building of the former Sanyo factory in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

An overview shows a building of the former Sanyo factory in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A worker pulls a cart at a construction site near new apartment high-rise buildings in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 13, 2018. Picture taken December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A woman sits in a boutique that doubles as cafe in the E-Cool centre in a building of the former Sanyo factory in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A part of the Sanyo brand logo is painted on a building of the former Sanyo factory in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A woman works at a stall in an electronics store in Huaqiangbei Commercial Street, a market place for Chinese producers and international wholesale buyers, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

People walk in Huaqiangbei Commercial Street, a shopping district for electronics and market place for Chinese producers and international wholesale buyers, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 13, 2018. Picture taken December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Men work at a stall in an electronics store in Huaqiangbei Commercial Street, a market place for Chinese producers and international wholesale buyers, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A man takes pictures of an open vending machine at a Huawei promotional stall in Huaqiangbei Commercial Street, a market place for Chinese producers and international wholesale buyers, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

People walk in Huaqiangbei Commercial Street, a shopping district for electronics and market place for Chinese producers and international wholesale buyers, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 13, 2018. Picture taken December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A woman sits at a bar as the Filipino band "Mind the Gap" plays rock classic covers at the Enigma live house in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

People walk past a poster of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who launched the country on its "Reform and Opening" program, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 13, 2018. Picture taken December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Security guards stand outside the E-Cool office and design centre that occupies the former Sanyo factory buildings in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A man delivers goods in a backstreet behind Huaqiangbei Commercial Street, a market place for Chinese producers and international wholesale buyers, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Former employee Lai Guixiang poses with a Sanyo pocket calculator she used to help make, in front of the Sanyo electronics factory where she worked since 1985, in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. "I feel like I have gone back twenty or thirty years ago, back to when we just started out here. Seeing all these exhibits. It has been 20 years since we saw each other. This time, at this 40th anniversary, everyone is here. Everyone is happy. We appreciate this opportunity. We were just girls then and now we are all grannies," she said about holding some of the old products and seeing former colleagues. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Former employees sign a board outside an exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of China's opening up in a building of the former Sanyo factory in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Former employee Huang Caining poses with a Sanyo casette player she used to help make, in front of the Sanyo electronics factory where she worked since 1987, in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. "I came here to see the world. When I signed a three-year contract, I thought I would return home after it ended," Huang said. "Who could have thought that I would end up spending my entire youth here, meeting my significant other, settling down, buying a house and watching our kid coming to this world," she said adding that she would have had none of those opportunities had she stayed in her provincial home town. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Former employee Huang Caining poses with a Sanyo casette player she used to help make, in front of the Sanyo electronics factory where she worked since 1987, in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. "I came here to see the world. When I signed a three-year contract, I thought I would return home after it ended," Huang said. "Who could have thought that I would end up spending my entire youth here, meeting my significant other, settling down, buying a house and watching our kid coming to this world," she said adding that she would have had none of those opportunities had she stayed in her provincial home town. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Former employee Huang Huiqun poses with her badge in front of the Sanyo electronics factory where she used to work since 1985, in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. "When we arrived, there was only one road in Shenzhen, Shennan boulevard. It was the only road to Shekou. Sanyo was the only factory there. And all the buildings were low, only 4-5 floors tall. There were no skyscrapers," Huang recalled early years at Sanyo. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Former employee Huang Huiqun poses with her badge in front of the Sanyo electronics factory where she used to worked since 1985, in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. "When we arrived, there was only one road in Shenzhen, Shennan boulevard. It was the only road to Shekou. Sanyo was the only factory there. And all the buildings were low, only 4-5 floors tall. There were no skyscrapers," Huang recalled early years at Sanyo. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Former employee Huang Huiqun poses with her badge in front of the Sanyo electronics factory where she used to work since 1985, in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. "When we arrived, there was only one road in Shenzhen, Shennan boulevard. It was the only road to Shekou. Sanyo was the only factory there. And all the buildings were low, only 4-5 floors tall. There were no skyscrapers," Huang recalled early years at Sanyo. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Former employee Liu Xueqin poses in front of the Sanyo electronics factory where she used to work since 1985 in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. "Before the Reform and Opening, I was unemployed in my home town," Liu said. "I came here because I wanted to make some money, to improve my life," she said, adding that she made more than double at Sanyo in Shenzhen than what she would have made in the province. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Former employee Zeng Jianlai poses with a work uniform in front of the Sanyo electronics factory where he used to work since 1984 in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. "I am really taken aback by the breakneck speed at which the city is developing. in 40 years it has become what it is today. This is unparalleled worldwide. It’s really beyond my imagination. Every day, I witness the rise of this city," he said. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Former employee Liu Bo poses with a work uniform in front of the Sanyo electronics factory where she used to work since 1991 in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, December 14, 2018. A native of China's Liaoning Province, Liu said that it took her a long time to get used to the mild winters and hot summers in Shenzhen. "It was just that the weather here was not as good as in northeastern China. It is so hot here. I could not acclimatise myself," she said. Picture taken December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Employees assemble washing machines on the production line inside a factory of Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric in Hefei, Anhui province August 13, 2013. Whirlpool Corp's China unit has agreed to buy a 51 percent stake in a Chinese maker fridges and washing machines Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric , as the U.S. home-appliance manufacturer steps up presence in fast growing Chinese market. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS)

Employees walk towards a factory of Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric in Hefei, Anhui province August 13, 2013. Whirlpool Corp's China unit has agreed to buy a 51 percent stake in a Chinese maker fridges and washing machines Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric, as the U.S. home-appliance manufacturer steps up presence in fast growing Chinese market. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS)

A man walks past an advertisement board of Panasonic outside an electronic shop in Tokyo February 3, 2012. Panasonic Corp is likely to forecast a record net annual loss of more than $9.2 billion, local media reported on Friday, as it tallies the cost of trying to fix its broken TV unit and writes down its Sanyo Electric acquisition, joining a trinity of beleaguered Japanese consumer electronic giants. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Panasonic's logo is seen on a wall of an electronic shop in Tokyo February 3, 2012. Panasonic Corp is likely to forecast a record net annual loss of more than $9.2 billion, local media reported on Friday, as it tallies the cost of trying to fix its broken TV unit and writes down its Sanyo Electric acquisition, joining a trinity of beleaguered Japanese consumer electronic giants. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS LOGO SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Men look at Panasonic's TV sets at an electronic shop in Tokyo February 3, 2012. Panasonic Corp is likely to forecast a record net annual loss of more than $9.2 billion, local media reported on Friday, as it tallies the cost of trying to fix its broken TV unit and writes down its Sanyo Electric acquisition, joining a trinity of beleaguered Japanese consumer electronic giants. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

A man looks at Panasonic's TV sets at an electronic shop in Tokyo February 3, 2012. Panasonic Corp is likely to forecast a record net annual loss of more than $9.2 billion, local media reported on Friday, as it tallies the cost of trying to fix its broken TV unit and writes down its Sanyo Electric acquisition, joining a trinity of beleaguered Japanese consumer electronic giants. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

A man looks at Panasonic's TV sets at an electronic shop in Tokyo February 3, 2012. Panasonic Corp is likely to forecast a record net annual loss of more than $9.2 billion, local media reported on Friday, as it tallies the cost of trying to fix its broken TV unit and writes down its Sanyo Electric acquisition, joining a trinity of beleaguered Japanese consumer electronic giants. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

People sit near Piccadilly Circus in central London, September 30, 2011. Branding by Korean motor manufacturer Hyundai has replaced Japanese electronics company Sanyo, now part of Panasonic, in the advertising space Sanyo has held on the iconic building face since 1984. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS CITYSPACE TRAVEL)

A woman sits near Piccadilly Circus in central London, September 30, 2011. Branding by Korean motor manufacturer Hyundai has replaced Japanese electronics company Sanyo, now part of Panasonic, in the advertising space Sanyo has held on the iconic building face since 1984. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS CITYSPACE TRAVEL)

A couple walks near Piccadilly Circus in central London, September 30, 2011. Branding by Korean motor manufacturer Hyundai has replaced Japanese electronics company Sanyo, now part of Panasonic, in the advertising space Sanyo has held on the iconic building face since 1984. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS CITYSPACE TRAVEL)

A man emerges from an underground station beside Piccadilly Circus in central London, September 30, 2011. Branding by Korean motor manufacturer Hyundai has replaced Japanese electronics company Sanyo, now part of Panasonic, in the advertising space Sanyo has held on the iconic building face since 1984. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS CITYSPACE TRAVEL)

A man walks past washing machines of Panasonic Corp and its Sanyo Electric unit displayed at an electronics store in Tokyo July 28, 2011. China's Haier Group Co will buy Panasonic's Sanyo Electric washing machine and refrigerator units in Japan and Southeast Asia for about $130 million, in a move that will give the Chinese appliance giant better access to the world's third-largest economy, sources said. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

Employees work at a washing machine production line at Hefei Rongshida SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. in Hefei, Anhui province March 29, 2011. Picture taken March 29, 2011. REUTERS/Sean Yong (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS)

An employee works at a washing machine production line at Hefei Rongshida SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. in Hefei, Anhui province March 29, 2011. Picture taken March 29, 2011. REUTERS/Sean Yong (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

Tourists pose for a photograph at Piccadilly Circus in central London, February 15, 2011. Japanese electronics company Sanyo, now part of Panasonic, is vacating the advertising space it has held on the iconic building face since 1984, and the owner of the site, Land Securities, is searching for another next branding. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS TRAVEL CITYSCAPE)

Two tourists pause to look for directions at Piccadilly Circus in central London, February 15, 2011. Japanese electronics company Sanyo, now part of Panasonic, is vacating the advertising space it has held on the iconic building face since 1984, and the owner of the site, Land Securities, is searching for another next branding. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS TRAVEL CITYSCAPE)

Attendees look at three different Sanyo solar panels at the Solar Power International 10 exhibition in Los Angeles October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH ENERGY)

People are reflected on a sign at Panasonic Corp's showroom in Tokyo July 29, 2010. Panasonic Corp slid 7.7 percent after sources told Reuters it would buy out units Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works raising up to $5.7 billion in a new share issue to finance the deal. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

A woman looks at a Panasonic Corp's washing machine displayed at an electronics store in Yokohama, south of Tokyo July 29, 2010. Panasonic Corp slid 7.7 percent after sources told Reuters it would buy out units Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works raising up to $5.7 billion in a new share issue to finance the deal. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

A woman looks at Panasonic Corp's Viera TVs displayed at an electronics store in Yokohama, south of Tokyo July 29, 2010. Panasonic Corp slid 7.7 percent after sources told Reuters it would buy out units Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works raising up to $5.7 billion in a new share issue to finance the deal. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

A woman looks at Panasonic Corp's Viera TVs displayed at an electronics store in Yokohama, south of Tokyo July 29, 2010. Panasonic Corp slid 7.7 percent after sources told Reuters it would buy out units Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works raising up to $5.7 billion in a new share issue to finance the deal. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

People look at Panasonic plasma televisions displayed at an electronics store in Tokyo January 8, 2010. Japan's Panasonic, the world's largest plasma TV maker, said on Friday it aimed to boost group sales by more than one-third over the next three years as it integrates Sanyo Electric Co Ltd. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama rides the Sanyo's electronic assistance bicycle during a photo session after a news conference to announce the government's new growth strategy at his official residence in Tokyo December 30, 2009. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS SCI TECH)

Sanyo Electric Co's logo is pictured on a building in Tokyo February 5, 2009. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao(JAPAN)

Sanyo Electric Co's Eneloop rechargeable batteries are pictured in Tokyo February 5, 2009. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao(JAPAN)

Sanyo Electric Co's Eneloop rechargeable batteries are pictured in Tokyo February 5, 2009. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao(JAPAN)

A customer gets into a elevator advertising Panasonic Corp at a Sofmap electronics store in Tokyo November 25, 2008. Shares of Sanyo Electric fell about 8 percent after a newspaper reported that Panasonic Corp was seeking to buy Sanyo shares at 120 yen each, far below the current stock price. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN)

A man walks past in front of Sanyo Electric Co Ltd's advertising board at an electronics store in Tokyo November 25, 2008. Shares of Sanyo Electric fell about 8 percent after a newspaper reported that Panasonic Corp was seeking to buy Sanyo shares at 120 yen each, far below the current stock price. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN)

Sanyo Electric Co Ltd's rechargeable batteries (L) and Panasonic Corp's batteries are displayed at a Sofmap electronics store in Tokyo November 25, 2008. Shares of Sanyo Electric fell about 8 percent after a newspaper reported that Panasonic Corp was seeking to buy Sanyo shares at 120 yen each, far below the current stock price. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN)

Customers walk near Sanyo Electric Co Ltd (R) and Panasonic Corp washing machines at a Sofmap electronics store in Tokyo November 25, 2008. Shares of Sanyo Electric fell about 8 percent after a newspaper reported that Panasonic Corp was seeking to buy Sanyo shares at 120 yen each, far below the current stock price. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN)