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Why is China angry about a plan to sell two ports on the Panama Canal?

Beijing’s displeasure over conglomerate’s plans highlights tightening business environment in Hong Kong.

Al Jazeera · Apr 1, 2025

Where is China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang?

Qin’s absence from public view has prompted rampant speculation and highlighted Beijing’s lack of transparency.

Al Jazeera · Jul 20, 2023

One of China’s top investment banks has a big problem: It can’t find its CEO

China Renaissance said it was "unable to contact" its CEO Bao Fan, sending shares plunging in Friday morning trading.

Fortune · Feb 17, 2023

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China’s top tech dealmaker Bao Fan goes missing

The billionaire investment banker is unreachable, according to the investment bank he founded.

Al Jazeera · Feb 17, 2023

China jails 'disappeared' tycoon for 13 years

Xiao Jianhua, a Chinese Canadian billionaire and onetime trusted financier to China’s ruling elite, was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday, and his company fined $8 billion, after he pleaded guilty to bribery and other crimes that authorities said had “seriously jeopardised” the country’s financial security.

Bangkok Post · Aug 19, 2022

China sentences tycoon Xiao Jianhua to 13 years, fines his company $8.1 billion

A Shanghai court on Friday sentenced Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua, not seen in public since 2017, to 13 years in jail and fined his Tomorrow Holdings conglomerate 55.03 billion yuan ($8.1 billion), a record in China.

Reuters · Aug 19, 2022

Canada says its officials were denied access to trial of billionaire in China

Chinese authorities have blocked Canadian government representatives from attending the trial of Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua, the Canadian embassy said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Jul 5, 2022

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Canada says China bars diplomats from Canadian tycoon trial

The Canadian government says Chinese authorities refused to allow diplomats to attend the trial of a Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong five years ago

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022

Chinese-Canadian billionaire due to go on trial in China on Monday - embassy

Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua, who went missing in Hong Kong five years ago, was due to go on trial in China on Monday, the Canadian embassy in Beijing said.

Reuters · Jul 4, 2022

Tianan Property Insurance Offers Its Assets for $314 Million

Government-seized affiliate of Tomorrow Holding may be asking too much as its balance sheet shows red ink, analysts say

Caixin Global · Jun 9, 2022

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