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Since his arrest on charges of financial crime in 2019, one of Hebei’s richest businessmen has been held without trial. Now, he’s penning scalding criticism of local officials, and appealing to Xi Jinping from behind bars.

Hosts: Sarah Wu, The Economist’s China correspondent and Don Weinland, our China business and finance editor.

Guest: James Zimmerman, Beijing-based lawyer and writer.


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