The Wall Street Journal reports that Zhu Hengpeng disappeared after criticizing Xi Jinping. Zhu is thought to have questioned ...

China's top economist, Zhu Hengpeng, criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping in a private chat. At first, he was detained and removed from office, and then he disappeared, according to The Wall ...

Zhu Hengpeng, an economist from one of China's leading think tanks, has not appeared in public since April, reports the Wall Street Journal. The expert's disappearance may be related to negative ...

Questions over Zhu Hengpeng’s whereabouts have arisen after he was detained by officials in spring and stripped of his role as deputy director at a prominent Chinese think tank. This came after ...

A top economist has joined the growing list of China's elite to have disappeared from public life after criticizing Xi Jinping, according to The Wall Street Journal. Zhu Hengpeng served as deputy ...

Here, the saga involving prominent economist Zhu Hengpeng is badly timed for a place trying to prove it’s not “uninvestible.” As The Wall Street Journal reports, Zhu has been detained for ...

A prominent economist at one of China’s top think tanks was placed under investigation, detained and removed from his posts after he allegedly criticized leader Xi Jinping’s management of the ...

SHANGHAI — What does China's party leadership do when it cannot get a persistent economic crisis under control? For example, ...

Zhu Hengpeng served as deputy director of the Institute of Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) for around a decade. CASS is a state research think tank that reports directly ...

A prominent Chinese economist has reportedly disappeared from the public eye after he criticised president Xi Jinping in a private group chat, becoming the latest individual to face repercussions ...