The China Club, near the Forbidden City and owned by the well-known Hong Kong entrepreneur David Tang.

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Maverick Hong Kong entrepreneur Jimmy Lai opened the first Giordano outlet in 1983.

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Certainly, others have noticed: James Denoon, a Hong Kong entrepreneur who sells private islands, noted in an interview with the South China Morning Post two years ago that wealthy Chinese were starting to snap up private islands along with other luxury status symbols.

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