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Bao Fan: Missing China billionaire banker resigns from all roles (www.bbc.com)

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Chinese billionaire banker Bao Fan, who has been missing for almost a year, has resigned from all roles at his firm, China Renaissance Holdings.

He stepped down "for health reasons and to spend more time on his family affairs," the bank said in a statement.

Mr Bao's unexplained disappearance in February last year shocked China's business and investing community.

Just days later, China Renaissance said he was cooperating with authorities who were conducting an investigation.

In its latest filing, the company said co-founder, Xie Yi Jing, will assume Mr Bao's most senior roles.

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[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 66 points 9 months ago

This is not suspicious at all. Just regular business man doing business man things. Move along citizen.

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

I'm not even mad about it. Maybe this treatment of billionaires will go global.

[-] corus_kt@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

Isn't this like an evil being devoured by a greater evil? It's not like the power and money is being returned to the people.

[+] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml -13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

So I get the sentiment, but you ever think about the long term consequences of something like this?

For example: one day the billioares are getting taxed 75%, and are audited frequently by the irs...a generation or two and a few bucks to the right political group later and middle-lowrr class now shoulder the tax & audit burden.

We would all be cheering if Bezos & Musk "dissappeared" today, but it would be us disappearing tomorrow.

EDIT: oh no, I didn't mean "don't tax the wealthy" I meant to refer how taxes USED to be more proportional but they used wealth and influence to shift the burden.

Basically I ham fisted the analogy.

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Your reason not to tax and audit billionaires is “we’ll get taxed and audited too?” Newsflash, we already do.

[-] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Ok so you misunderstood the point. I was NOT saying don't tax the wealthy.

If the Government disappears someone, even if it's a popular thing, those with wealth will eventually get the focus directed at the mid/poor...the example I made was the way taxes used to be more proportional for the wealthy.

So if there is no accountability, anyone in disfavor of whomever is in power can just be "dealt with".

[-] Madagaskar_sky@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

What billionaire pays 75%? That was before Nixon i think.

...a generation or two and a few bucks to the right political group later and middle-lowrr class now shoulder the tax & audit burden.

But that already happens? They reduced the IRS budget and now all they can do is audit single digit millionaires and middle class people.

[-] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

This was my analogy...you could cheer now but regret it later when the government thinks you're a "problem"

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

I hope he found a small village somewhere, and learned that a simple life caring for those around you is better than amassing tremendous wealth.

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

That would be a happy ending for him but I'm guessing he got Mao's old room at the re-education center.

[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago

I dunno about it being a happy ending. There have been a few documentaries on rural China and it seems like some rough living.

[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

There's a 0% chance of this happening - if the CCP is mad enough at him to take his money, they'll also lock him up forever or execute him.

[-] gencha@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

After all, it happens frequently

[-] Beefcyclone@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

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