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Ren Zhiqiang | |||||||||||||||||
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任志强 | |||||||||||||||||
Ren Zhiqiang in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
Born | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||
Other names | Big Cannon Ren (任大炮) | ||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Renmin University of China | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Businessman, blogger | ||||||||||||||||
Known for | Former chairman of Huayuan Real Estate Group | ||||||||||||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1974–2020, expelled) | ||||||||||||||||
Criminal charge | Corruption | ||||||||||||||||
Criminal penalty | 18 years imprisonment | ||||||||||||||||
Parent | Ren Quansheng (father) | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 任志强 | ||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 任志強 | ||||||||||||||||
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Ren Zhiqiang (Chinese: 任志强; born 8 March 1951) is an incarcerated Chinese real estate tycoon and a blogger on Sina Weibo with more than 37 million followers.[1] Nicknamed "Big Cannon Ren", he is known for his outspoken criticism of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).[2] He disappeared on 12 March 2020 after criticizing CCP general secretary Xi Jinping as a "clown" over the handling of China's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] In September 2020 he was sentenced to eighteen years' imprisonment on corruption charges, after a one-day trial.[5][6]