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trial of outspoken businessman Sun Dawu was stated to have begun in a closed-door court in northern China on Jul 15 on charges including “provoking trouble and disturbing public order” and illegal fundraising, reported the scmp.com Jul 15. Last year, the 67-year-old had suggested the President Xi Jinping step down from office, accusing him of being the cause of the Covid-19 virus’ spread and China’s social disaster, and was arrested, according to the asianews.it Jul 14. A favorite of the Chinese Communist Party in its early days, Sun is the founder of a billion-dollar agricultural empire. Until his arrest in...
