Landbridge's Ye ChengPhoto: Michael Franchi/Newspix
The shipowner who has become Xi’s bridge builder
Ye Cheng is one of a select set of businessmen who have Xi Jinping’s mandate to plant the five-star red flag round the world and stake out his Belt and Road project. But the flagbearer model is meeting resistance in some key destinations
4 December 2019 6:10 GMT
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4 December 2019 6:10 GMT