Empire-building shipowner Frank Tsao Wen King passed on this week at 94, after a life of many twists and turns, one that tracked the fortunes of Chinese shipping in the modern era.
Hong Kong was central to the story of his generation — the one that first took part in the birth of a modern national economy under the Republic of China, only to flee Mao Zedong's revolution and re-establish themselves in Hong Kong, the new centre of East Asian trade and finance.
