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Evergrande founder Xu Jiayin sentenced to life in prison in China

Xu Jiayin, founder of China Evergrande, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in China. The headlines link the case to the country’s property crisis.

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The sentence is a consequential development involving one of the central figures in China’s property crisis, with potential implications for confidence in the troubled real-estate sector.

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  1. Xu Jiayin: Evergrande-Gründer in China zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt ↗zeit.de · Recorded source date: Aug 20, 2026, 5:31 AM UTC
  2. China Evergrande: Immobilientycoon Xu Jiayin zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt ↗manager-magazin.de · Article published: Aug 20, 2026, 6:48 AM UTC
  3. Xu Jiayin: Evergrande-Gründer in China zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt ↗zeit.de · Recorded source date: Aug 20, 2026, 7:47 AM UTC

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