Feisty Ruias are reportedly fighting partner Li Ka-shing over their biggest asset, 33% stake in Hutchison Essar, India's third-largest mobile phone operator in which Li's Hutchison Whampoa owns 67%.
Then in December Li decided to cash out of Hutchison Essar, kicking off a bidding war.
Shusen Wei was charged with offering to bribe a federal agent in the Li case.
In woodcarver Li Bing-Gui's workshop, a magnificent gilded dragon altarpiece sat waiting to be transported to the village of Kaoshong.
Thanks to millions chipped in by Li Ka-shing (No. 9 on the billionaires list), Robert Kuok (No. 104), brothers Ronnie and Gerald Chan and others, Yau's institutes have trained hundreds of postgraduates.
The preponderance of that Hutchison name signals one thing: Chi-Med has a very powerful backer in Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man and chairman and dominant shareholder of the globe-spanning conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa.
Azarenka and Li had met twice before in Grand Slam tournaments, with Li winning both times in the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open and quarterfinals at the French Open.
Ivan Wong, a 22-year-old social worker who lives in an area where Mr. Li's shops dominate, says that in order to avoid patronizing Mr. Li, he takes trips to another district to do his shopping and show support to the striking workers.
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"I've been with her so long, to see her smiling on the court, there's nothing better, " he said, with Sharapova this year winning the Indian Wells title in March and last Sunday beating Li in the Stuttgart final to retain her title.
One official that Grant met in China was Li Hongzhang, by then a viceroy.
But in terms of his own corporate ambitions in China, Li is more forthcoming.
Only 11% of mild hybrid EVs in 2010 used Li-ion but predictions double that percentage come 2017.
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In a speech in Beijing, Li Daokui said China "will not appreciate the yuan solely because of external pressure".
In 2011, Li secured the first set at the Australian Open final, but proceeded to lose to Kim Clijsters 6-3, 3-6, 3-6.
But after failing to advance past the fourth round at any major in 2012, Li hired Carlos Rodriguez, Justine Henin's former coach.
In China, Li has worked hard to nurture guanxi (personal relationships).
" Responding to the run-up in WLT, Li said, "Walter has outperformed its peers because it has successfully transformed itself from a sub-prime lending and homebuilding and coal business to a pure play in high margin metallurgical coal business.
Hong Kong-traded shares in money-losing Li Ning, founded by the Chinese Olympian, have lost about 15% in the past year.
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In 1986, Mr Li says, his father placed bricks to mark the land he felt his family deserved and, in 1988, built a house on it.
James Kelly, an American official, held talks in Beijing with a North Korean negotiator, Li Gun, in a move to try to persuade the North to end its nuclear-arms programme.
Clijsters, who won the U.S. Open in 2005, secured her place in the final after beating third seed American Venus Williams in the fourth round, 18th seed Li Na of China in the quarterfinals and defending champion Serena Williams in the semifinals.
In this and other areas, Li is proud of steeping himself in the technological basics and the external conditions of whatever business he's in.
In footwear related news today, Li Ning warned investors of a likely plunge in profit this year (see related story here).
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YY, which boasts more than 400 million registered users who engage in real-time group activities like karaoke and tutoring through audio, text and video on the free platform, went public in the U.S. rather than in Hong Kong or Singapore because its platform has "global implications, " Chief Executive David Xueling Li said in New York, through a translator.
Few in that country can forget the impressive sight of Li Ning, himself in a track suit of his own design, being hoisted up at the Bird Nest stadium to light the torch during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
So expect more of these donations from Li in the months and years to come.
Sharapova, though, saw out the set and broke Li in the first game of the second.
HKT, denied reports that it is in talks with Richard Li about entering a consortium.
He filmed a promotional video for Li in 2009, which helped boost Dayang shares on Shanghai Stock Exchange.
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According to a company filing with the Shanghai Stock Exchange in April 2012, Li owns 20.4% of Dayang Trands.
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