Mr Yang, for instance, does not believe that the Chinese will take extreme measures.
Mr Yang told reporters China was ready to ''enhance'' dialogue with the US and ''expand... common ground''.
Mr Yang will remain boss for now, as will all the other directors save one, who is resigning voluntarily.
For now, Mr Yang's school is holding out, with a diesel generator and cans of water supplied by well-wishers.
Mr Yang, the teacher, plans next year to hire a car in Belgium.
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Mr Icahn, unable to get the other large investors on his side, had to seek a rapprochement with Mr Yang.
"These valuable qualities will help build the foundation needed to make Hyundai and Kia leading global top automakers, " added Mr Yang.
Mr Icahn stepped up his campaign to fire Mr Yang and the rest of the board at a shareholder meeting on August 1st.
It is evident, even without prejudging the case of the colourful Mr Yang or questioning the business skills of Mr Zhou, that China will find the best managers for its companies only when it chooses them from the widest possible pool.
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Like other manufacturers in China, Hon Hai faces rising labour costs, though it is better placed than most. (Mr Yang reckons that labour accounts for only 4.5% of the cost of goods sold.) A move up the value chain may help.
"China is firmly committed to upholding peace and stability and advancing the denuclearization process on the Korean peninsula, " Mr. Yang said on Saturday before a dinner with Mr. Kerry.
"Once I gave a lecture to leaders at a government bureau, " Mr. Yang recalls.
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Mr. Yang and fellow directors turned down the offer, igniting a barrage of criticism.
Mr. Yang: One of the things Carlyle has done since the beginning is to emphasize localization.
Mr. Yang: One of our founders, Bill Conway, taught me a lot about management and investing.
In the mid-2000s, Mr. Yang fostered a friendship with Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba Group.
"Cyberspace needs not war, but rules and cooperation, " Mr. Yang said at a news conference.
Mr. Yang: Every company we invest in, we generally have a very commercial, enterprising entrepreneur.
Mr. Yang: In virtually every company we invest in in Asia, we recruit management into the company.
Mr. Yang, the more visible of the two co-founders, quickly became a poster child of the dot-com boom.
Eleven years ago, at one of these affairs, Mr. Yang bought a Maserati at auction, which he still drives.
Mr. Yang was Yahoo CEO between mid-2007 and early 2009, during which time he grappled with an offer from Microsoft Corp.
"For the last 20 years, the Chinese government has been saying they have to change the growth mode of the economy, " Mr. Yang notes.
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Mr. Yang: We know China has a lot of opportunities, and it is one of the most attractive places we invest in the world.
Mr. Yang has also started offloading a few older pieces by Chinese realist artists like Chen Yanning as demand for their works has climbed.
Last month, Mr. Yang arrived at a Beijing luxury hotel and made his way into the packed salesroom of Poly, China's biggest auction house.
Dealers and artists say it's unclear whether Mr. Yang is trying to build a museum-worthy collection or angling for the right moment to cash out.
During the dot-com bust last decade, Mr. Yang used his star power to help Yahoo draw in badly needed advertisers by meeting with them personally.
Mr. Yang: The relationships between management, board and owners are different.
Within China's contemporary art circles, Mr. Yang is hard to miss.
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