Y K Pao: My Father
In this biography of Sir Y. K. Pao (1918-1991), Anna Pao Sohmen recounts the pivotal role played by her father at a key historical juncture. By the mid-1970s, Sir Y. K. Pao has become the world's largest private shipowner. His shipping company diversified into property, hotels, retail, media, telecommunications, airlines and banking - a hugely influential business empire. Besides being a successful businessman, Pao also became an unofficial Chinese ambassador at large, forging a strong relationship with the architect of China's reform, Deng Xiaoping, at the dawn of China's economic transformat