A former adviser to Deng Xiaoping and confidante of former President Jiang Zemin (whose political influence is now waning), Li was among the first to invest in China after the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989. He long touted the motto, “I don’t do anything against China’s interest, and I don’t say anything that may hurt China’s reputation.”
此次争吵反映出李和中国政府关系的重大转变。曾任邓小平顾问和前主席江泽民（其政治影响力正不断减弱）密友的李嘉诚，曾是1989年天安门广场屠杀事件后首批在中国的投资者。他的座右铭是，“我不做任何违背中国利益的事，不说任何有损中国声誉的话。”