Lai's new direct marketing venture, adMart, goes head to head with Li enterprises such as Park 'n Shop supermarket chain and electrical appliances retailer Fortress.

CNN: Newsmakers

Aside from convenience stores and some niche sellers, the territory's supermarket business is controlled by two huge chains: Park'n Shop, the stores owned by Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa Group, and Wellcome, which belongs to Asia's biggest grocer, Jardine Matheson-controlled Dairy Farm.

CNN: Groceries to go

Though the new government, elected through the May 11 polls, won't be in place, Mr. Li will meet prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif, who heads the Pakistan Muslim League-N, the rival to Mr. Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party.

WSJ: Border Dispute Overshadows Chinese Premier Li's Visit to India

Though the new government, elected through the May 11 polls, will not be in place, Mr. Li will meet prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif, who heads the Pakistan Muslim League-N, the rival to Mr. Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party.

WSJ: Border Dispute Overshadows Chinese Premier Li's Visit to India