Liu Jingchong, 38, was a successful multi-millionaire in China before he tossed all of his possessions and moved to a remote hut on the side of a mountain.
However, the former manufacturing and textile baron might never have left behind the rat race in the bustling Guangdong province had it not been for a freak car accident — and a book.
“It is true that I earned a lot of money and I can’t say I hated my life,” Jingchong told Central European News. “I would even say that I loved it, but all that changed when friends of mine and I had a car accident in a remote part of the country in north-western China’s Qinghai province.”
“We needed to get a new car and not all of us were fit to travel immediately. But as I was relatively OK, I stayed in a hotel where about the only thing to do was read a book on Buddhism.”
“I have to say it’s changed my life.” Full story...
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However, the former manufacturing and textile baron might never have left behind the rat race in the bustling Guangdong province had it not been for a freak car accident — and a book.
“It is true that I earned a lot of money and I can’t say I hated my life,” Jingchong told Central European News. “I would even say that I loved it, but all that changed when friends of mine and I had a car accident in a remote part of the country in north-western China’s Qinghai province.”
“We needed to get a new car and not all of us were fit to travel immediately. But as I was relatively OK, I stayed in a hotel where about the only thing to do was read a book on Buddhism.”
“I have to say it’s changed my life.” Full story...
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