Chen Liangyu
Ahead of the corruption trial of former Shanghai party secretary Chen Liangyu, Howard French summarizes the political side of this prosecution, a part that will most likely never be part of any public proceedings.
Chen was the man of the mega-projects, focusing on mega growth, the mantra of Jiang Zemin. He followed the Jiang Zemin line even when the new central government under Hu Jintao had decided to a drastic policy change and became both a political and an economic liability.
His plan to give Shanghai a beach, his plan to extend the useless maglev to Hangzhou, the World Expo in 2010, the Formula One, his tennis complex of USD 290 million.
The cancellation of the extension of the maglev in May under public pressure was the signal the days of Chen Liangyu were really over.
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