https://www.scmp.com/rss/322689/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com He is more popular on social media than Madonna or Oprah Winfrey, but you might never have heard of him. Kai-Fu Lee has become the face of Chinese tech, his name synonymous with a country itching to take on the world. Lee spent his formative years helping charter a path of innovation for companies such as Microsoft and Apple, but it was when he spearheaded a failed attempt to bring Google to China that everything changed for him. Lee left Google in 2009, to set up his own venture capital fund,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2166979/jobless-future-coming-says-china-tech-guru-kai-fu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2166979/jobless-future-coming-says-china-tech-guru-kai-fu?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Oct 2018 17:00:00 +0000 UPDATE: Anthony Bourdain died, age 61, on June 8, 2018.  Not many people have had the kind of turbulent path to success experienced by Anthony Bourdain. The world-famous chef might have just sat down for a meal with US President Barack Obama in Vietnam last month, but Bourdain's beginnings weren't quite that prestigious. The former drug addict has openly discussed his battle with heroin during his early 20s, followed by 20 long years, slaving away desperately trying to make it as a chef in the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/leisure/article/1955207/how-anthony-bourdain-overcame-turbulent-past-achieve-global?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/leisure/article/1955207/how-anthony-bourdain-overcame-turbulent-past-achieve-global?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Jun 2016 14:45:30 +0000