The drama surrounding Peng Shuai follows a familiar script: Someone who has run afoul of China’s Communist government disappears from view. What happens next depends on the case. But sometimes the person in question disavows the statement.
Here’s a look at a some other people who have disappeared over the years — a phenomenon that has expanded since President Xi Jinping came to power in 2013:Among the most high-profile recent disappearances was that of Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, the world’s biggest e-commerce company.
Days later, the government ordered Ma’s Ant Group, a financial service that grew out of Alibaba’s online payments business, to suspend a planned stock market debut in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Since then, sightings of Ma, who is officially retired, have been rare. His whereabouts and legal status remain shrouded in mystery.Fan is one of China’s biggest — and biggest-grossing — movie stars. Her star was riding high when she disappeared for about four months in 2018: Her Weibo social media account fell silent, and her management office in Beijing was vacated.
Chinese authorities soon announced he was being investigated for taking bribes and other crimes. That signaled he was the latest high-ranking Chinese official caught in Xi’s anti-corruption campaign — a measure that made the Chinese leader popular but has also been criticized as cover for eliminating political rivals.and that he was purged because he’d been using his high-profile position to push for change.
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