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"Brazil has told us we can buy the factory, but only if we agree not to move it," said year-old Yin, the founder and chairman of Chongqing Lifan Holdings .BBC Radio 4 From our own Correspondent
By Peter Day |
In 2009 China overtook the US to become the world's largest car market and, for some, ambitions for the country to become the biggest global exporter is now in their sights.
Yin Mingshan started his motorcycle company in 1992 with eight people |
When I first met him eight years ago, Yin Mingshan was standing on a greasy hillside in the middle of what may be the biggest city in the world, Chongqing, 1,400km (900 miles) up the Yangtze river from Shanghai.
He was in the oily workshop where, 10 years earlier, he and a tiny team had started making motorcycle engines.
Ten years later, his Lifan motorcycles group had become the second-largest manufacturer in China. He was a rich man.
Born in , Yin Mingshan entered business somewhat late in life.
This was a big change from the 20 years he had previously spent in prison during the cultural revolution.
Yin Mingshan is a clever man. When he finally got out of prison he started publishing school te