Tim Clissold is an author of a memoir

Memoir

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 detailing how he helped Wall Street

Wall Street

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er Jack Perkowski

Jack Perkowski

Jack Perkowski is a Wall Street veteran, author, and the founder and Managing Partner of JFP Holdings, Ltd. He is also the former CEO and Chairman of the Board of ASIMCO Technologies, an automotive components company in China. Despite not being able to speak Chinese, he is known as "Mr...

 invest over $400 million in mainland China

Mainland China

Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and...

 as the country first opened up to foreign direct investment

Foreign direct investment

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. Clissold briefly served as President of the foreign-invested Asimco before parting company from Perkowski, who claims never to have read the book that gave him the moniker Mr. China.

Tim Clissold is currently the CEO of Peony Capital, a Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

-based fund for investing in emission reductions and clean energy in China.

External links

• Tim Clissold, Mr Wang's chemical factory, Chinadialogue.net
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  18 September 2007