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David Tang was a Hong Kong businessman, philanthropist and socialite.

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  • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
    Watches & Jewellery
    My Favourite Pieces: Victoria Tang mixes vintage with now

    The scion of an Asian design dynasty and creative director of Shanghai Tang is drawn to jewellery imbued with memories

  • Friday, 26 January, 2018
    Life & Arts
    David Tang’s collection goes under the hammer at Christie’s

    Items reveal the idiosyncratic taste of the FT’s late columnist and Agony Uncle

  • Friday, 29 December, 2017
    FT Best ofLife & Arts
    FT Weekend columns of 2017

    Catch up on our top commentary from Jo Ellison, Robert Shrimsley, Gillian Tett, Janan Ganesh, Simon Kuper and more

  • Thursday, 7 September, 2017
    FT SeriesBest of House & Home 2017
    David Tang: ‘The party’s over’

    An interior design Agony Uncle column became a conduit for outspoken humour

  • Sunday, 3 September, 2017
    Life & Arts
    Remembering David Tang: Harvey Weinstein on a class act and a rascal

    Film producer pays homage to the FT columnist who stood up to the Chinese state

  • Saturday, 2 September, 2017
    Life & Arts
    Memories of Sir David Tang

    Algy Cluff tells of the intern who turned out to be better connected than he was

  • Friday, 1 September, 2017
    ObituaryWorld
    David Tang, entrepreneur and FT columnist, 1954-2017

    A popular figure whose influence, philanthropy and friendships spanned the world

  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2017
    ObituaryLife & Arts
    Remembering David Tang: Stephen Fry on his ‘outrageous’ friend

    Presenter pays tribute to a man with a deep, almost bottomless well of kindness

  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2017
    ObituaryLife & Arts
    David Tang, bon vivant and FT columnist, dies aged 63

    Hong Kong-born founder of fashion label Shanghai Tang wrote Agony Uncle column

  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2017
    World
    Shanghai Tang founder David Tang dies

    Bon vivant and FT columnist sold his eponymous fashion label to Richemont in 1998

  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2017
    ObituaryWorld
    Shanghai Tang founder David Tang dies
  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2017
    Life & Arts
    Wake up and smell the coffee

    ‘I cannot think of anything better than a proliferation of coffee shops over tedious pubs’

  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2017
    Life & Arts
    Take a bow: David Tang on the world’s best superyachts

    A veteran of sailing on other people’s big boats separates the crass from the first class

  • Monday, 7 August, 2017
    Life & Arts
    In praise of the NHS

    ‘The moment I was wheeled in, I knew this was nothing like my preconception of an A&E department’

  • Monday, 31 July, 2017
    Life & Arts
    The real reason Chinese tycoons love London

    ‘It is English-speaking and the standard of Chinese food is excellent, unlike other European capitals’

  • Friday, 21 July, 2017
    Life & Arts
    The joy of living in London’s Hyde Park (apart from the lockdowns)

    ‘It’s delightful to pretend that one has a 300-acre estate in the middle of London’

  • Monday, 17 July, 2017
    Life & Arts
    How to dress like a Supreme Leader

    ‘In Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un’s tailor cut me a ‘Kim’ suit: medium brown in colour with slightly flared trousers’

  • Monday, 10 July, 2017
    Life & Arts
    Can you still be called a ‘dude’ at 70?

    ‘Your acquaintance is probably using it as a term of endearment — but at your age why are you bothered what you are called’

  • Monday, 3 July, 2017
    Life & Arts
    Is a black bulletproof car a good look for business?

    The doors are too heavy, you can’t change a flat tyre, and it makes you appear either devious or paranoid

  • Friday, 30 June, 2017
    IPOs
    Hong Kong’s extraordinary tale of territorial intrigue

    China regards the handover from Britain two decades ago as an unalloyed success

  • Friday, 23 June, 2017
    Life & Arts
    My night with President Putin in the Kremlin

    ‘Was this stratospherically powerful man really making small talk about Chinese food and jackets?’

  • Monday, 19 June, 2017
    Life & Arts
    New rules for politics: no more gladiators or gobbledegook

    ‘When asked a binary question, a politician’s answer should be “yes” or “no”, a practice that is beyond 99.99% of them’

  • Monday, 12 June, 2017
    Life & Arts
    What to do if your taxi driver starts ranting

    Just remember: if you ever decide to remonstrate with a cabbie, make sure you can run just slightly faster than him

  • Monday, 5 June, 2017
    Life & Arts
    British Airways’ board (and others like it) must take responsibility

    ‘Board members have had it too good for too long . . . let’s “out” them from their snug seats of complacency’

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2017
    Life & Arts
    Hotel stickers on loo rolls? A practice that should be wiped out

    ‘Sometimes, especially in Asia, variations of the tapering consist of an origami butterfly or pyramid. All of which are irritating’

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