The troublemaker

how Jimmy Lai became a billionaire Hong Kong's greatest dissident and China's most feared critic

The troublemaker

how Jimmy Lai became a billionaire Hong Kong's greatest dissident and China's most feared critic
Mark L Clifford
Book - 2024

"Jimmy Lai escaped mainland China when he was twelve years old, at the height of a famine that killed tens of millions. In Hong Kong, he hustled; no work was beneath him, and he often slept on a table in a clothing factory where he did odd jobs. At twenty-one, he was running a factory. By his mid-twenties, he owned one and was supplying sweaters and shirts to some of the biggest brands in the United States, from Polo to The Limited. His ideas about retail led him to create Giordano in 1981, and with it 'fast fashion.' A restless entrepreneur, as Giordano prepared to go public, he was thinking about a dining concept that would disrupt Hong Kong's fast-food industry. But then came the Tiananmen Square democracy protest and the massacre of 1989. 'The Troublemaker' is his story"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clifford, Mark L., 1957- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, 2024.
Edition:First Free Press hardcover edition.
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