"Compared with my 20,000 yuan ($3,280) in capital 25 years ago, I have 20 million yuan in the stock market, which is a thousand times more. Now I do not have to rely on the country for a pension. I smoke and drink tea. That's my life."

Yang Huaiding, labeled China's top stock trader, in talking about his life. He began investing in stocks in 1988.

(China Daily USA 11/07/2013 page3)