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Former President of Bank of China Sentenced to Suspended Death Penalty for Accepting Bribes
A court in the Chinese city of Jinan, located in Shandong Province, today sentenced former Bank of China President Liu Liange to a death penalty commuted to life imprisonment for accepting bribes. The court noted that Liu was sentenced to […]
300 Years Ago, the Richest Man in the World Was Chinese: He Lent Money to American Millionaires
If asked who the richest person in the world was in the first half of the 19th century, you likely wouldn’t guess correctly. The title belonged to Howqua, a Chinese merchant who amassed a fortune equivalent to approximately 7.6 billion […]











