Li Guilian has built Dayang Trands into a $300-million company that tailors clothing for some of the world's most famous brands and powerful people.DALIAN, China — If Horatio Alger had spoken Mandarin he would have loved the rags-to-riches tale of garment maker Li Guilian.
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