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Walking the Tycoons Rope: How Ambition Drove a Poor Boy from Ningbo to Compete with the Richest Men of Hong Kong & Singapore (Paperback) - Common

Author By (author) Robert Wang
Publisher Blacksmith Books
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ISBN / ASINB00FFBB4HC
ISBN-13978B00FFBB4H8
Sales Rank99,999,999
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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Robert Wang fled the Chinese civil war as a child and came to Hong Kong with nothing. It was a harsh place in the 1950s but he was determined to rise to the top. With the 1997 handover to China approaching, and no one knowing what the end of British rule would bring, Robert hatched an audacious scheme to safeguard the fortunes of Hong Kong s richest tycoons - but swimming with sharks has its dange