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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Joe Studwell |
ISBN: | 9781861977014 1861977018 |
OCLC Number: | 122284906 |
Description: | xxx, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Pt. I. Godfathers of yore -- 1. The context -- Pt. II. How to be a post-war godfather -- 2. How to be a godfather, #1: Get in character -- 3. How to be a godfather, #2: Core cash flow -- 4. How to be a godfather, #3: Structuring an organisation -- chief slaves and gweilo running dogs -- 5. How to be a godfather, #4: Banks, piggy banks and the joy of capital markets -- Pt. III. Godfathers today: Defending the precious -- 6. The 1990s: Ecstasy and reckoning -- 7. Finale: The politics, stupid. |
Responsibility: | Joe Studwell. |
Abstract:
The economies of Hong Kong and south-east Asia are dominated by forty or fifty families. Their interests range from banking to property, from shipping to sugar, from gambling to lumber. This study lifts the lid on a world of hypocrisy, power and enormous wealth. It explores the economic and political issues facing a region of 500 million people.
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