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An August 27 report on overseas Chinese-language news website Bowen Press (\u535a\u805e\u793e) claimed<\/a> that Wanda Group chairman Wang Jianlin and his family had been detained in Tianjin while attempting to board a private plane to England on Friday. According to the report, Wang and his family members were told they can’t leave China after they were detained for several hours.\u00a0The news, though unconfirmed, was picked up by other overseas Chinese-language news sites<\/a>, and\u00a0sent Wanda shares and bonds plummeting<\/a>, the second time assets held by the Chinese real estate and entertainment giant suffered a sharp decline this summer<\/a>. Wanda Group has dismissed the report as “vicious rumors”<\/a> created by “certain individuals with ulterior motives” in a statement.<\/p>\n

CDT resident cartoonist Badiucao illustrates the rumored foiling of Wang Jianlin’s attempted flight:<\/p>\n

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Badiucao on Wang Jianlin’s rumored border stop.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Wang Jianlin was named the richest businessman in China by Forbes from 2015-2017<\/a>. Wanda has in recent years been scooping up assets globally, including massive investment in major Hollywood film studios<\/a>, the 2013 purchase of UK luxury yacht company Sunseeker International<\/a>, and the 2015 acquisition of Australian cinema chain Hoyts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At Bloomberg, Lianting Tu, Annie Lee, and Prudence Ho report on the fall that Dalian Wanda Group Co.-affiliated stocks and bonds took<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0following Bowen’s report, along with context on a plunge that some Wanda bonds took earlier this summer:<\/p>\n

The $600 million of 2024 notes sold by Wanda Properties International Co. dropped as much as 3 cents on the dollar to 98 cents, the lowest since July 19, before paring losses to 99.7 cents as of 5:45 p.m. in Hong Kong. Shares of Wanda Hotel Development Co., Wanda\u2019s only traded unit in Asia,\u00a0plunged<\/a>\u00a0as much as 11 percent and ended the day 8 percent lower.<\/p>\n

[…]\u00a0The 2024 bonds were down 1.4 cents today, extending their losses since the start of June to about 12 cents. Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties\u2019 2021 yuan-denominated notes dropped 1.5 yuan to 90 yuan on Monday, taking the total decline to 10 yuan since they were sold at par in 2016.<\/p>\n

The dollar notes plunged in mid-June when China\u2019s banking regulator asked some banks to provide information on\u00a0overseas loans<\/a>\u00a0to Wanda Group, people familiar with the matter said at the time. They were hit again the following month on news that authorities planned to\u00a0punish<\/a>\u00a0the conglomerate for breaching China\u2019s restrictions on overseas investments by cutting off funding and denying it necessary regulatory approvals, according to people familiar with the matter. [Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the South China Morning Post, Zheng Yangpeng reports on Wanda Group’s denial of the rumors<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSome people with malicious motives have been spreading fake rumours about chairman Wang Jianlin,\u201d his company Dalian Wanda Group said in a statement, dismissing as \u201cgroundless\u201d the online claim that he had been detained by police at the Tianjin airport as he was about to leave China on a private jet.<\/p>\n

Rumours \u201cinitially appeared in mid-August, but were proved wrong when Wang visited Lanzhou,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

[…]\u00a0Wanda said it\u2019s already handed over the matter of the rumours of Wang\u2019s whereabouts to Beijing\u2019s police, and that the company will actively defend its reputation, as well as Wang\u2019s reputation, through legal means if necessary. [Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chinese regulators have been trying to reign in capital outflows in recent months<\/a>, and earlier this month the State Council’s approval of new regulations indicated that this trend can be expected to continue<\/a>. Of the four firms at the center of regulators’ focus\u2014Wanda, Anbang Insurance Group, Fosun International, and HNA Group\u2014three have now dealt with rumors about detained chairmen. The rumors about Wang come months after financial giant Anbang Insurance’s former chairman Wu Xiaohui stepped down from his position after being detained by authorities<\/a>. A rumor last month that Fosun International chairman Guo Guangchang was missing led to a drop in related Hong Kong-listed shares<\/a>, even after the company denied them and provided video evidence that Guo was in Shanghai.\u00a0HNA has been the focus of considerable recent attention following unproven claims by rogue tycoon Guo Wengui<\/a> and a series of articles from The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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