China's street-stall debate puts Xi and Li at odds

TOKYO -- Two of China's richest men sold items on the street earlier in their careers.

Ren Zhengfei sold diet pills and fire extinguishers on the street before going on to start China's biggest telecoms equipment maker, Huawei Technologies. Jack Ma Yun sold small goods in Zhejiang before eventually founding e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding.