Tides of fortune : memoirs of Chang Yung-Fa /with a foreword by Margaret Thatcher.

Chang Yung-Fa, known best as the leader of the Evergreen shipping company, here details his life story. Born in Taiwan, he started as a hatch-keeper for a Japanese shipping line, rising up the ranks to captain. He left to start Evergreen Marine Corporation in 1968, and fought freight conferences for freedom of shipping routes. Evergreen grew into the largest shipping company in the world, and Chang eventually went on to establish EVA Air, Taiwan's first private international airline. This edition contains a foreward by Margaret Thatcher.