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Zhou Chengjian latest billionaire missing among China's disappearing executives
The Examiner ^ | January 9, 2016 | unattributed

Posted on 01/10/2016 12:11:51 AM PST by SunkenCiv

Zhou Chengjian is a rags to riches story as he used his skills as a tailor to launch the clothing line, Metersbonwe, which was one of China's first nationwide brands. His net worth of $2.4 billion today makes him one of the richest people in China. The Spread It reports that Zhou has been missing since Wednesday.

In the wake of China's stock market crash, 36 companies have reported their executives as missing back in 2015 from January to September. The CEO of the telecom giant China Telecom resigned at the end of 2015 and now he is among the many executives missing.

The mysterious disappearances of these executives come with bizarre stories of just how they went missing like the CEO of China Aircraft Leasing Group, Poon Ho Man. Back in June he went on a holiday and while on this vacation he resigned in a letter and has not been seen since.

In Zhou's case, his company Metersbonwe suspended its shares on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in the wake of his disappearance. The company reported Zhou missing and is now investigating reports that he had been picked up by police, despite reports that no one has seen this man.

(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Japan
KEYWORDS: china; chinabillionaires; chinapurge; chinastockmarket; purge; purges; zhouchengjian
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To: 4rcane

Some might have been kidnapped. If the disappearances all happened within a few days, then I would suspect the government. That they are happening steadily leads me to believe that the government may have taken a few but many are simply escaping to sunnier climes.


21 posted on 01/10/2016 4:47:23 AM PST by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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To: uglybiker

LOL


22 posted on 01/10/2016 6:08:31 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: SunkenCiv

the technical term is Shangri-La

they have not disappeared, they have merely moved out of the lime light


23 posted on 01/10/2016 6:11:46 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump.)
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To: bert

or...... gone gault


24 posted on 01/10/2016 6:12:20 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump.)
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To: pepsionice
There are hundreds of places in the Pacific where you could park a yacht for years

Indian Ocean too. Diego Garcia? You could even hide a plane there.

25 posted on 01/10/2016 6:18:02 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: dfwgator
I would welcome them, but I'd be a bit leery that some of them could still be Chinese government agents.

In Silicon Valley we used to say: Half the Chinese here are spying on us.

The other half are spying on them!

26 posted on 01/10/2016 6:40:58 AM PST by null and void (This war starts in the spiritual realm-it will end in ours though.)
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To: SunkenCiv
The company reported Zhou missing and is now investigating reports that he had been picked up by police, despite reports that no one has seen this man.

"Picked up by the police" is the Chinese equivalent of having been raptured.

27 posted on 01/10/2016 6:53:58 AM PST by RobinOfKingston (Just what is the difference between a "centrist democrat" and a "moderate republican?")
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To: 4rcane; arthurus; BeauBo; bert; Catmom; Dallas59; dfwgator; Gen.Blather; HANG THE EXPENSE; ...
Thanks!

28 posted on 01/10/2016 7:50:04 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv
If it turns out that these executives got a large chunk of their wealth through corruption or illegal behavior, and the Chinese government was able to successfully deal with them, then that would be a plus for them.

We certainly were completely unable to deal with the banksters in our country.

29 posted on 01/10/2016 8:43:59 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

So, how’s retirement going for you, Senator Frank?


30 posted on 01/10/2016 8:50:36 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Pretty good.

How's the temperature in Hell Mr. Lay?

31 posted on 01/10/2016 8:54:20 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Air conditioned. ****s up the climate.


32 posted on 01/10/2016 3:28:05 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: BeauBo

They’ve observed what has happened in the recent past both in China, and in Russia under the thugocracy run by the gangster Putin.


33 posted on 01/10/2016 3:37:16 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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