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In May 1979, while editing the Econoscope business page at the Deccan Chronicle in Hyderabad, I accepted an offer to join the newsroom of The Star, Hong Kong, that June.

Landing in the city at that exact juncture placed me at the literal crossroads of modern economic history. Across the border, Deng Xiaoping was taking up the reins of leadership and initiating the historic “reform and opening-up” policy.