{"id":22943,"date":"2020-09-22T13:37:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T04:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/sep\/22\/ren-zhiqiang-who-called-chinese-president-a-clown-jailed-for-18-years"},"modified":"2020-09-22T13:37:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T04:37:59","slug":"ren-zhiqiang-who-called-chinese-president-a-clown-jailed-for-18-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=22943","title":{"rendered":"Ren Zhiqiang – who called Chinese president a ‘clown’ – jailed for 18 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former real estate mogul was investigated after criticising Xi Jinping over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic<\/p>\n

China has sentenced an influential former property executive and critic of President Xi Jinping to 18 years in prison for corruption.<\/p>\n

Ren Zhiqiang, the former chairman of Huayuan, a state-owned real estate group, was also fined 4.2m yuan, Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court said on its website on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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