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Report reveals overseas accounts in tax havens of the Chinese communist elite
Close relatives of China’s top leaders have held secretive offshore companies in tax havens that helped shroud the Communist elite’s wealth, a leaked cache of documents reveals. As the report was released several western newspapers, news agencies and websites, some of them with the mandarin version, were hacked in China. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAnd this is a surprise?
Jan 23rd, 2014 - 03:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0sadly, no...
Jan 23rd, 2014 - 06:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0they do say,
Jan 23rd, 2014 - 07:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0that a balloon can only get so big,
before it either bursts,
or some, steal the air and move it to overseas balloons.
so they say,
china may not be growing as fast as they make out ..
The Chinese have always been keen business men and love to amass money.
Jan 23rd, 2014 - 07:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0However, in order to keep it, they have to stash it away from the hands of the state.
If you happen to have friends or relations in power...simples.
Nepotism rules...OK
Are there not political elite in the US, the UK, DE, or the EU, or all other countries for that matter, that do this same thing?
Jan 23rd, 2014 - 08:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This article could come from any country, couldn't it?
Perhaps I'm just overly cynical. Perhaps I should have more faith in the human race and her politicians.
It really doesn't matter in the end the gov't will hang the ones that get out of line and threaten the families until the new ones in charge have the money.
Jan 23rd, 2014 - 10:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Another society rotten at its core that can never thrive.
Shock. Horror.
Jan 24th, 2014 - 01:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0No.
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