China’s Push to Purge Organized Crime Casts Shadow Over Private Businesses
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s push to crush organized crime has led to prosecutions and asset seizures targeting prominent entrepreneurs and sent chills through private businesses in the world’s second-largest economy.

"Legal scholars and criminal-defense lawyers say local authorities, under pressure to deliver results, sometimes blur the lines between criminal syndicates—which face heavy penalties for severe offenses—and legitimate companies that engaged in illegal behavior."

in the dystopian world of contemporary china, the law applies to businesses

  • kristina [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    The case against Mr. Zhang and others like it have alarmed some entrepreneurs and legal experts, who say the Communist Party’s zealous enforcement threatens to undermine the private sector.

    :surprised-pika: i cant believe the communists are doing communist things

    • yellowparenti5 [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      ha ha ha, the WSJ has been trying to align mainstream american interests with corporate america for a while now and every article fails spectacularly