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Yet another one of China's elite has disappeared after criticizing Xi Jinping (www.businessinsider.com)

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A top economist has joined the growing list of China's elite to have disappeared from public life after criticizing Xi Jinping, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Zhu Hengpeng served as deputy director of the Institute of Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) for around a decade.

CASS is a state research think tank that reports directly to China's cabinet. Chen Daoyin, a former associate professor at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, described it as a "body to formulate party ideology to support the leadership."

According to the Journal, the 55-year-old disappeared shortly after remarking on China's sluggish economy and criticizing Xi's leadership in a private group on WeChat.

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[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Guess Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey was closer to the real story than the originals by Milne..

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Truly no emperor has ever worn such fine clothes as our beloved Xi. This will absolutely never backfire on them

[-] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Omg he really does look like Winnie the pooh

[-] Noxious@fedia.io 9 points 3 weeks ago

Hmm, strange? How could that have happened? 🤷‍♂️

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

Archive link: https://archive.ph/Rqsfm

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

Not the billionaires I love those guys!

Criticizing Xi in a WeChat group is Jack Ma levels of smart.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 points 3 weeks ago

I'll have the Pooh Pooh platter

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