A chat with a taipan

South China Sea Bubble?

South China Sea Bubble?

The man bankers talk to

Saturday morning, and Sun Wen Jie, chairman and chief executive of China Overseas Land, is dressed down in a red sweatshirt. His office is modest and he has a Chinese flag on his desk. He says that he tries to use his image to influence the behaviour of his staff.

“My public image is of a hardworking sincere man, who is very good at managing relationships and I think I am also considered rather steady and perhaps,” he pauses to bellow a big laugh, “a little boring.”

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