Kevin Kwan

There are old-money Asians that would never be caught dead with a Chanel handbag or sporting anything that has a label it.

If I were to generalize a bit, I would say that the ultra rich in Asia live on a scale that far surpasses the wealthy in the U.S. or Europe.

Such huge money has been made in China - it can be hundreds of millions in a year - and there's a need to validate it by showing what they can buy and how much of it.

Deep down, there is in the substance of the cosmos a primordial disposition, sui generis, for self-arrangement and self-involution.

I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations.

All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.