Shanghai court jails Chinese-Canadian tycoon Xiao Jianhua for 13 years


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The Canadian embassy in Beijing. Ties between Canada and China have been tested in recent years - Copyright AFP Noel Celis A Shanghai court said Friday it has sentenced Chinese-Canadian tycoon Xiao Jianhua to 13 years in prison for financial crimes. Xiao, one of China’s richest people when he was allegedly abducted from a Hong Kong hotel in 2017, reportedly had close connections to the upper echelons of the ruling Communist Party. There had been no official word about Xiao — who is a Canadian citizen — until Ottawa confirmed in July that he was facing trial. Xiao was found...