Business Tycoon: Southwest Hua Family: Southwest Hua Family

Author: Xu Yang
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Publish Date: 2000-10-01
Features: This book is a long biography of the Hu family, the first family of wealth in Southwest China, recording the thrilling and dramatic history of the Hu family over more than a century since the late years of the Xianfeng era of the Qing Dynasty. The Hu family went through the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, with their business establishments spread across seventeen provinces over more than a century, numbering one hundred and twenty-three, and were renowned throughout the Yangtze River region. At their peak, they wielded immense influence. The Hu family had deep connections with figures like Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guofan, and Ding Baozhen, and shared both enmity and camaraderie with the Boxers. They fought against external enemies across thousands of miles, engaged in intense drinking contests for a hundred days, outsmarted warlords, and navigated the political and business spheres of the Republic of China. With billions in wealth and a heroic and spirit, all these stories leave one's blood pounding and the mind wandering.