Friday, 22 July 2011

72 super rich in China dead before their time since 2003

Since 2003, 72 billionaires on the Chinese mainland have died an unnatural death, the Changchun-based New Culture News reported Friday.

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72 super rich in China dead before their time since 2003

By Gao Qihui in Beijing, China Daily
22 July 2011


Since 2003, 72 billionaires on the Chinese mainland have died an unnatural death, the Changchun-based New Culture News reported Friday.

The paper reached such a conclusion after conducting a survey of the public reports of billionaires' deaths since 2003.

Among the 72 billionaires, 15 were murdered, 17 committed suicide, seven died from accidents, 14 were executed according to the law and 19 died from diseases.

According to Hurun Rish List 2010, there were 1,363 people with personal wealth over 1 billion yuan (US$155 million) on the Chinese mainland last year.