Hong Kong: A 44-year-old businessman who became one of China's wealthiest people as he forged ties with some of the Communist Party's top leaders before suddenly falling out of favour has died in prison. The death on Friday of the businessman, Xu Ming, was reported by several news agencies, including the financial news-magazine Caixin and the Chinese government-owned Wen Wei Po, a newspaper in Hong Kong. China's principal state-run news outlets, however, have said nothing about Xu's death. Caixin reported that Xu died of a heart attack in the city of Wuhan, in central China, and Sunday his ashes were taken to...
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