Posted AT 1:27 AM EDT on 23/10/04
Boom and gloom: The struggle for a country's soul
Beijing —
At the age of 41, Zhang Hongkang seems to have it all.
Rich beyond his childhood dreams, he owns six luxury cars, six apartments, two thriving factories, a real-estate business, a $100,000 gold Rolex, and one of China's most impressive private collections of imperial porcelain and paintings.
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