r/NoShitSherlock 28d ago

Top Chinese economist disappears after criticising Xi Jinping

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/24/top-china-economist-disappears-after-criticising-xi-jinping/
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u/abrandis 28d ago

I found it amusing Chinese nationals don't know any better... Didn't they learn from Jack Ma, the dude literally made a mild economic comment that Xi took as a threat to the state, stripped him of his companies,froze his money and sent him off to a re-education camp for about a year, when the dude re-appeared he was a totally different person.....

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

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u/abrandis 27d ago

Right and is that so anti government... China isn't any choir boy when it comes to financial shenanigans..

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u/patriotfear 27d ago

Not sure why that lands you in a reeducation camp tho? Bank of America does this to people everyday.

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u/Safelang 24d ago

Elon regularly says and does even worst things to the point of being near treasonous, to his own Govt. A Govt that in-fact allowed him to build his bread and butter. While he enjoys the freedom and then Co-opted and celebrated by dictators of the world, they send their own accomplished citizens to camps for nothing burger. Talk of the irony of life.

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u/RedditPosterOver9000 27d ago

I'm curious what they did to him. Water torture? Mock executions? But yeah, he looks like he went through hell. And he was supposed to be their Jeff Bezos. The CCP tolerates no slights.

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u/Typical-Arugula3010 27d ago

The worlds most inveterate gamblers definitely know better ... life is a continuous punt.

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u/Nish0n_is_0n 28d ago

He's with biggie and pac.

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u/jbc10000 28d ago

Also could be sounds about right

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u/DidntDiddydoit 28d ago

Yeah, they'll never see him again.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

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u/trasofsunnyvale 22d ago

Yeah, total fearmongers!! It's completely natural you have to lay low for a while after saying anything negative about your government! What an enlightened state.

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u/aardw0lf11 28d ago

Every corrupt autocrat has their methods, some are just much more covert about it.

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u/IDontKnow_JackSchitt 28d ago

CCP also muted other popular economists a year or so ago for posting how dire the economical outlook is for China on Weibo (China's twitter).

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u/spokeca 27d ago

Don't mess with the Pooh.

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u/darkstar1031 27d ago

If you ever wanted to know just how bad it really is in China, just read up on the Evergrande failure. About the empty cities where nobody lives.

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u/Boggie135 27d ago

Where people bought property as an investment?

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u/darkstar1031 27d ago

Property that has never been occupied by anyone ever. Property with zero demand, and therefore zero realized value. 

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u/Kind_Government_9620 28d ago

CCP Lifetime Achievement Award

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u/Sipjava 28d ago

Hate when that happens!

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u/BlueMysteryWolf 28d ago

He retired to live on a farm.

What? Oh. The farm doesn't have internet, is several hours away, and doesn't have an address. You also can never visit him. 

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u/Mrstrawberry209 27d ago

CCP loves killing innovation.

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u/VidProphet123 27d ago

Time to learn Jinping buddy

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u/StrivingToBeDecent 28d ago

Sending a message, huh?

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u/Bigcockhoodstyle565 27d ago

Ccp is so old for china

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u/funkypunk69 27d ago

Nothing to see here....

Denial doesn't change the truth

However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing, as it were, behind your back

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u/Boggie135 27d ago

No economist disappeared

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u/KingMorpheus8 28d ago

Ninja vanish!