Billionaire Is Reported Seized from Hong Kong Hotel and Taken into China
This appears to be an aspect of the anti-corruption drive that has been holding billionaires and politically connected people high up in the Chinese government to account of the law, with Xiao Jianhua caught in financial fraud.<p>The controversy here isn&#x27;t that China took Xiao Jianhua in to face the law, but that he was taken from Hong Kong, where an agreement with Britain gives its former colony de facto autonomy within its small borders until 2047 - which disallows Chinese police from entering there on their own until that time.<p>I haven&#x27;t seen any reports yet about whether there has been cooperation with the Hong Kong provisional government (which would make his capture legal). Then, it&#x27;s hard to determine exactly what happened as the source linked here hasn&#x27;t done that investigation yet - and is reporting on rumors that there was a small (but notable if true) sovereignty violation.