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Francis Cheung: Legal tangles embroil his Chinese-language pay TV plans.
Francis Cheung: Legal tangles embroil his Chinese-language pay TV plans.

Francis Cheung: Legal tangles embroil his Chinese-language pay TV plans.

Date5/31/1984
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Television mogul? Francis Cheung, left, talks with Jia-Yan Xu in Chinavision's studio. Cheung has already invested $3 million in the Chinese-language pay-TV network.
Television mogul? Francis Cheung, left, talks with Jia-Yan Xu in Chinavision's studio. Cheung has already invested $3 million in the Chinese-language pay-TV network.
1/5/1986
Beleaguered: Metro entrepreneur Francis Cheung, above, has seen his Chinavision company go into receivership. In a happlier time, right, he's pictured with daughter Teresa and her groom, Hong Kong singer Kenny B.
Beleaguered: Metro entrepreneur Francis Cheung, above, has seen his Chinavision company go into receivership. In a happlier time, right, he's pictured with daughter Teresa and her groom, Hong Kong singer Kenny B.
5/31/1984
Francis Cheung
Francis Cheung
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