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...heroes when they left China. Chai Ling, perhaps the most recognizable face among the Tiananmen student protesters, now runs an Internet company in Boston and tells Buruma she needs to "find space to build a beautiful new life" and wants "closure" on Tiananmen. Her "deputy" in the square, Li Lu, fronts a hedge fund on Madison Avenue. Others have turned away from political confrontation to espouse Christianity as an elixir for China's woes, insisting, despite Buruma's fervent arguments to the contrary, that only Christian countries can sustain democracy. Only a few, like Liu Qing?who spent four...
...Murdoch Sr. had bought STAR from Hong Kong's Richard Li in 1995 for $950 million. A perpetual money loser, it initially looked like News Corp.'s overpriced albatross. STAR has no shortage of eyeballs?it beams its satellite signal to 300 million people?yet it has virtually no control over subscribers on the ground. Instead, it is heavily dependent on advertising revenue. But STAR was a first mover in these vast new markets. And it was central to Murdoch's vision of constructing a global satellite network?a dream foiled recently by his failed bid for DirecTV...
...LI KA-SHING, it's said, takes a cut from every dollar spent in Hong Kong--and that's not much of an exaggeration. The ubiquitous entrepreneur started in the plastic-toy business in 1950 and propelled himself into real estate, shipping and telecommunications. His secret? Keep dealing. Even before China took over Hong Kong, Li, 73, was investing on the mainland. HUTCHISON WHAMPOA has pushed into the Internet, low-income housing and commercial projects across China. Not surprisingly, Li has the ear of President Jiang Zemin...
Christmas…cheapened? No way. —P. Patty Li...
...Patty Li...