{
  "id": 9378109,
  "title": "She started with $3,800 in 1985; 21 years later, Zhang Yin became China’s richest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/she-started-with-3-800-in-1985-21-years-later-zhang-yin-became-chinas",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-23T16:13:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/in-1985-she-started-a-paper-business-with-with-3800-us-dollars-21-years-later-she-became-chinas-richest-person-how-zhang-yin-turned-americas-waste-paper-into-a-paper-empire/articleshow/134442077.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Zhang Yin launched her paper-trading venture in Hong Kong in 1985 with a simple investment strategy. Spotting a lucrative market in collecting waste paper from the United States to ship to China, she founded America Chung Nam, eventually becoming the top exporter of this recyclable material. Expanding further, she created Nine Dragons Paper, seeing tremendous growth in China’s booming economy.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}