Hong Kong supply-chain magnate William Fung and Hong Kong private-equity chief Mary Ma both serve on Christie's advisory board.

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"The Chinese are differentiating between wearing athletic versus casual wear day-to-day, " said William Shen, Hong Kong-based partner at private-equity firm Headland Capital Partners Ltd.

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That's also the way William Overholt, regional strategist at Nomura Securities in Hong Kong, sees it.

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Defense Secretary William Cohen is scheduled to begin a weeklong trip to Hawaii, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea.

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His son William E. (Chip) Connor II would later take over the firm and move its headquarters to Hong Kong in 1985.

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Other examples of Americans who made fortunes abroad include Jim Thompson, who arrived in Asia in 1963 and founded Crown Worldwide, and William Connor, who took over the logistics business that his father began in Japan, later moving its headquarters to Hong Kong in 1985.

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