Keen satisfaction in improbable life of Belgian

Retirement has given 80-year-old entrepreneur Henri Lederhandler a new lease of life and a new avenue toward developing Sino-Belgian relations.

When he stepped down as head of an agency exporting steel, chemicals and heavy machinery to China, he began writing his own story, involving more than half a century of trade and cultural relations with China.

Now he is busier than ever in responding to public interest in the resulting book.