Zhang Xin Quotes

A tale of two Americas is emerging: one weighed down by debt and facing de minimus economic growth and another brimming with opportunity and nimble to invest in the future

As I spent tons of time with customers, not just in the United States, but in emerging markets, in Europe, in Latin America, top of mind for everybody is how do they drive growth for their business going forward.

Africa is the future.

When we acquire businesses in the developing world, we estimate if the growth opportunities are strong.

Looking beyond the emerging markets, it is important not to lose sight of the growth opportunities that exist in the developed regions.

The techniques I developed for studying turbulence, like weather, also apply to the stock market.

Serbia is open for business.

China frequently confounds stock market prognosticators because it has a penchant for straying markedly from other broad global indexes year-by-year over the decades - even from emerging markets. It's hit or miss.

We see China as a large market opportunity with similar cyclical economic cycles that occur throughout every economy.

[Discussing economic trends:] You can find a study that says anything.

We have neglected industry and commerce just as we have neglected every other opportunity of progress.

It's important to understand economic trends, but, in my mind, it's more important to understand how to buck the trends.

We all have to think about the emerging markets.

I joined RB because it is an exciting club with great potential.

I've repeated time and again that Arizona is open for business.

I am confident the SCMP and Hong Kong will continue to grow and prosper, hand in hand, in this 21st century of opportunity.

There's a great vibe in Vancouver, and there's a market. If there's a market, then there's an opportunity.

I think Phoenix is a place where people see the potential. They see the young core that we have. They see the fan base, the wonderful city.

Never miss out on an opportunity like a good recession.

For the most part, the best opportunities now lie where your competitors have yet to establish themselves, not where they're already entrenched. Microsoft is struggling to adapt to that new reality.

Problems almost always create opportunities - to learn, grow and improve.

When you consider the sheer magnitude of investable equities to choose from in the world's emerging markets, you realize that finding one that looks attractive enough to warrant investing your faith and assets in is as formidable a task as finding a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, researching investment opportunities is a lot more interesting than digging for needles in haystacks.

When we started out, we didn't really think that the era of great opportunity would end one day. We were much too busy developing our companies. But in today's China you can build a city, even a mega-city like Beijing or Shanghai, within 10 or 15 years. And then you are done. So in real estate development, the Gründerzeit is over. But that is not the case in other sectors.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

I care much more about the growth rate of the market than it's current size and I also care if there's any reason it's going to top out.