China has consistently surprised us. When I returned from the United States many years ago, it was unimaginable that we would end up where we are now. What China has achieved defies all logic. I credit this to the hard… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
I have a profound dislike for showing off one's material wealth. This is insensitive and it is not what human hearts are made for. But what I like about China and sometimes miss in Europe is the entrepreneurial spirit of… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
But the higher our standard of living, the higher our levels of education, the further people will look around. And we can see which… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
I'm very, very focused on my children. In fact, I'm very religious about having breakfast with them every morning, having dinner with them every… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
Because people along the route had realized that there was demand and quickly organized supply. That's so Chinese. In a well-organized country like Germany,… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
Many years ago, we were only able to build boxes. Today, architects from all over the world are working with us - Zaha Hadid from London, Gerkan, Marg and Partner from Hamburg, Kengo Kuma from Japan. We brought design and digitalization from abroad to China. — Zhang Xin Copy Share
Many Chinese companies are run like military camps with military discipline. We do not run a company that way. It does not help the… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
Isolation means a lack of growth. I grew up in China at a time when the country was completely isolated. That era is over. — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness. — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
Investors don't like uncertainty. The market is telling us that they need certainty, they need to see where the economy is heading. If the… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
Quickly, after I landed in England, I found out ways to get scholarships. England turned out to be a very encouraging place for me. — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
On the one hand the world is getting more integrated and we should not dismiss social values as "Western" when they are actually modern… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
When we started out, we were among the first. Beijing had no and Shanghai had very few large buildings. At that time, it was… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
