The question for China, and for the many companies and countries around the world linked to its economy, is whether Mr Li's travails are indicative of a much broader problem.
A slew of recent indicators suggests the euro area is slipping into recession, as Germany's exports slow, the fiscal screws tighten, confidence slumps and the banks' travails imply tighter credit.
Better than the calm of achieved indifference (if that, indeed, is possible to man); better than the ecstasy which contemns the travail of earth in contemplation of bliss to come.
OK, Joe, we've discussed kind of the contours of this case, but just for listeners, for any individual investors out there, is there a lesson that we can take away from Joe Lewis's travails?
The dim forehead was crowned with a star; the lineaments below were seen as through the suffusion of vapour; the eyes shone dark and wild; the hair streamed shadowy, like a beamless cloud torn by storm or by electric travail.