What was the Chinese tycoon Ren Zhiqiang’s real crime — embezzling $7.4 million of public funds or being critical of President Xi?
A Chinese flag flutters at Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court, where Huayuan Real Estate Group former chairman Ren Zhiqiang has been charged in a corruption trial, in Beijing, China September 11, 2020.
His outspokenness had earned the former chairman of state-owned property developer the Huayuan Group the nickname "Big Cannon." Beijing has stepped up its crackdown on civil society since Xi took power in 2012, tightening restrictions on freedom of speech and detaining hundreds of activists and lawyers.
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