David Tang

The idea that there is a difference between East and West is nonsense. You both hand over your card with two hands.…

— David Tang

Chairman Mao not only introduced Pinyin in China, but also simplified half the Chinese characters, believing that fewer strokes would enable more…

— David Tang

My existence is fuller of other people's experiences than my own. If they cut open my brain, these are what I would…

— David Tang

The beauty of the Internet is that there's no space limit.

— David Tang

I'm not surprised about the lack of women on boardrooms. They were only emancipated 200 years ago, and historically, men have dominated.…

— David Tang

It's very important to be curious in a very universal way. Whether someone is poor or rich, I'm curious about everything.

— David Tang

I'm not terribly technological. I'm awfully backward about iPads and BlackBerries and suchlike; I still have a great fondness for Teletext, and…

— David Tang

Entrepreneurs should never work with big corporations.

— David Tang

The crux of the matter was... the partnership between Richemont and myself was going sour for personal reasons, and you know, you…

— David Tang

It's going to be impossible in the 21st century for anyone to think about anything without a Chinese aspect.

— David Tang

I didn't like law. Every client had a problem, and I didn't want to listen to people's problems; I had enough of…

— David Tang

I can't establish the veracity of what people say because only they know whether they are telling the truth. I can't look…

— David Tang

It was something of a personal challenge for me to come up with a business suitable for the Internet world and the…

— David Tang

There is no point mucking around and saying we are just going to have one or two shops and that's it... we…

— David Tang

Twitter is very impulsive and impermanent and you only have 140 characters. There is no greater 'Emperor' of Twitter than Stephen Fry.

— David Tang

The image we have of a famous person often bears no relation to them.

— David Tang

Cantonese, which has up to nine tones as opposed to the five in Mandarin, is much more versatile and one of the…

— David Tang

I've always wanted to go to Timbuktu. First of all I think it has the best name of anywhere in the world.

— David Tang

About 90 percent of what's out there in cyberspace is hearsay - or lies - and opinion, often misinformed opinion, and it's…

— David Tang

I'm extraordinarily lucky to have so many friends across such a diverse group of people. One day I'll be at Oxford, the…

— David Tang

In cyberspace, 95 per cent of what you read is hearsay.

— David Tang

If you are a friend of somebody and that friend is in trouble, you don't just drop them.

— David Tang

Stephen Fry is a master exponent of the English tongue. Some people might think that he is the most irritating man in…

— David Tang

The three most dreaded words in the English language are 'negative cash flow'.

— David Tang

I shout at people... I am told that I'm a tyrant, but I still get things done, so that is fine.

— David Tang