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If CCP want to prosecute Ma, he would be trialed live on CCTV similar to disgraced politburo members like Bo Xilai and Zhou Yongkang. Pretty sure he is just la

by eunos 6y ago

If CCP want to prosecute Ma, he would be trialed live on CCTV similar to disgraced politburo members like Bo Xilai and Zhou Yongkang. Pretty sure he is just laying low or negotiating with the government right now.

whoevercares 6y ago
No way. The government is not that low yet
T-A 6y ago
> If CCP want to prosecute Ma, he would be trialed live on CCTV similar to disgraced politburo members That's not how it works for Chinese billionaires; it would elevate their status to that of CCP heavyweights. When their time comes, billionaires simply vanish: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/business/china-xiao-jianhua.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/business/china-xiao-jianh... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/china-billionaires-ceo-disappearing-missing-station-sanctioned-abductions-beijing-security-agencies-xiao-jianhua-a7564896.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/china-billi...
- baybal2 6y ago
  > That's not how it works for Chinese billionaires; it would elevate their status to that of CCP heavyweights. When their time comes, billionaires simply vanish: Yes, it's exactly because they don't want to cause a billionaire chicken run, unlike with own party officials, which are humiliated, punished in the most public, and terrible way.
eunos 6y ago
Case in point, Fan Bingbing Got a tax problem then gone from July 2018 then back at late October 2018. She's just lay low to avoid extra scrutiny https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Bingbing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Bingbing
tlear 6y ago
To negotiate you must have something.. when you are naked in a cell in some hellhole that is not much. By now he has no control of any of his companies. He is basically just a body now to be used by PRC as they see fit. Compost? Tear eyed apology? Reformed new face? Whatever he needs to be for them he will be.

by eunos 6y ago

whoevercares 6y ago

No way. The government is not that low yet

T-A 6y ago

> If CCP want to prosecute Ma, he would be trialed live on CCTV similar to disgraced politburo members That's not how it works for Chinese billionaires; it would elevate their status to that of CCP heavyweights. When their time comes, billionaires simply vanish: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/business/china-xiao-jianhua.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/business/china-xiao-jianh... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/china-billionaires-ceo-disappearing-missing-station-sanctioned-abductions-beijing-security-agencies-xiao-jianhua-a7564896.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/china-billi...

baybal2 6y ago
> That's not how it works for Chinese billionaires; it would elevate their status to that of CCP heavyweights. When their time comes, billionaires simply vanish: Yes, it's exactly because they don't want to cause a billionaire chicken run, unlike with own party officials, which are humiliated, punished in the most public, and terrible way.

eunos 6y ago

Case in point, Fan Bingbing Got a tax problem then gone from July 2018 then back at late October 2018. She's just lay low to avoid extra scrutiny https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Bingbing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Bingbing

tlear 6y ago

To negotiate you must have something.. when you are naked in a cell in some hellhole that is not much. By now he has no control of any of his companies. He is basically just a body now to be used by PRC as they see fit. Compost? Tear eyed apology? Reformed new face? Whatever he needs to be for them he will be.