{"id":11168,"date":"2015-10-16T15:48:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T01:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinaworker.info\/?p=11168"},"modified":"2015-10-16T15:49:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T07:49:27","slug":"chinese-media-attacks-unpatriotic-billionaire-li-ka-shing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2015\/10\/16\/11168\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese media attacks \u201cunpatriotic\u201d billionaire Li Ka-shing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mainland media have launched an unprecedented attack on Asia\u2019s second richest billionaire Li Ka-shing<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>chinaworker.info<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong\u00a0tycoon\u00a0Li Ka-shing, worth US$32 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, \u00a0has come under fire for divesting from China. His property company Cheung Kong Holdings has sold multiple properties in Guangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai and Beijing since 2013. But there has also been a shift out of Hong Kong with Li\u2019s business empire increasingly focussing on expanding investments in Europe and other developed markets. It seems Li\u2019s decision in June to sell a shopping mall and twin office towers in Shanghai, was the final trigger for the media attack which must have been sanctioned by the government.<\/p>\n<p>Liaowang Institution, a think tank linked to Xinhua news agency, accused Li of ingratitude given the Chinese dictatorship\u2019s \u201chuge support\u201d to his business over many years. This is a tacit admission of the crony capitalist relationship that Li and other tycoons have enjoyed in China and Hong Kong courtesy of CCP (so-called Chinese Communist Party) policies. The article said Li\u2019s decisions to sell at a time of \u201ceconomic crisis\u201d were tantamount to spreading \u201cpessimism\u201d. The CCP\u2019s main mouthpiece, People\u2019s Daily, also joined the attack saying Li was \u201cabandoning\u201d his country. Some media warned Li would \u201cregret\u201d his actions once the Chinese economy recovers. Li hit back at what he called \u201cCultural Revolution-type\u201d attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Economic crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sharp downturn in China\u2019s economy is behind this conflict. It is also connected to a sharpening power struggle within Hong Kong\u2019s billionaire elite \u2013 with Beijing promoting its own companies in the territory, encroaching on the former privileged position of the local tycoons. It is a well known fact that Li did not support CY Leung to become Chief Executive of Hong Kong \u2013 Leung is close to mainland corporate groups.<\/p>\n<p>Because of Li\u2019s high international profile, Beijing fears his decision to scale back will be interpreted as a vote of no confidence in China\u2019s economy. This episode underlines the extreme sensitivity of the government, belying its official denials of any crisis and insistence that its economic policies are working.<\/p>\n<p>China is experiencing record levels of capital flight, as wealthy Chinese and foreign corporations shift into more lucrative dollar assets or investments where production costs are cheaper. An unprecedented US$787 billion has left China since the second quarter of 2014. Hiding behind \u2018patriotic\u2019 rhetoric to denounce Li, the CCP nevertheless faces a dilemma. In a Sina.com poll, significantly, 41 percent said the government should stop Li from moving his capital out of China. But while Beijing has tightened its capital controls in recent months it has no intention of adopting \u2018socialist\u2019 measures. By the logic of its own brand of capitalism it cannot afford to send any signals of a retreat from Xi Jinping\u2019s market reforms or risk an even bigger financial exodus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/media.chinaworker.info\/2015\/10\/LiKaShing-e1444958910937.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11170\" src=\"http:\/\/media.chinaworker.info\/2015\/10\/LiKaShing-600x330.jpg\" alt=\"Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., and Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd., gestures during a press conference to announce his companies' annual results in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Billionaire Li's Hong Kong conglomerate said profit last year fell by about half compared with the previous year, when income was inflated by a huge one-time gain. 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