Zhou Chengjian latest billionaire missing among China's disappearing executives

The Examiner ^ | January 9, 2016 | unattributed

[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.

[arthurus]

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.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

LOL

[bert]

the technical term is Shangri-La

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

[bert]

or...... gone gault

[ladyjane]

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.

[null and void]

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!

[RobinOfKingston]

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.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

[who_would_fardels_bear]

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.

[SunkenCiv]

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

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Pretty good.

How's the temperature in Hell Mr. Lay?

[SunkenCiv]

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

[SunkenCiv]

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