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Workers at part of the East Coast Rail Link, a scandal-plagued, now-suspended infrastructure project that was to be part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, in Bentong, Malaysia, Nov. 17, 2018. The influential consultancy McKinsey advised both the state-owned Chinese company building the railroad and the Malaysian government that approved it. (Lauren DeCicca/The New York Times) XNYT41 XNYT41

December 15, 2018 at 9:32 am

The iconic U.S. company raising the stature of corrupt governments around the world

McKinsey's clients have included the Saudis, Turkey, Ukraine, China and Kremlin-linked firms in Russia. The company defends its work around the world, saying that it...

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November 25, 2018 at 12:25 pm

To catch a fugitive official, China holds his two American children

Authorities have held the siblings for months under a practice known as an exit ban — a tactic that has become the latest flash point...

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November 4, 2018 at 1:15 am

Consulting firms retain lucrative Saudi alliance, shaping crown prince’s vision

Booz Allen and competitors McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group have stayed close to the Saudi monarchy after playing critical roles in the rise of Crown...

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March 28, 2018 at 2:00 pm

Behind the rise of China’s HNA: The chairman’s brother

Wang Wei, the younger brother of HNA’s co-chairman, has been a critical surrogate in the rise of the Chinese company as a global deal maker....

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The offices of Appleby, an offshore law firm, in Hamilton, Bermuda, Oct. 31, 2017. The core of the Paradise Papers leak, totaling more than 13.4 million documents, focuses on Appleby, a 119-year old company that has helped obscure the wealth of multinational companies and the superrich. (Meredith Andrews/The New York Times) XNYT44

November 6, 2017 at 10:34 am

Paradise Papers: Millions of leaked files shine light on where the elite hide their money

The Paradise Papers are shedding light on the trillions of dollars that move through offshore tax havens. They focus on a Bermudan law firm that...

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People walk near the 666 Fifth Avenue skyscraper, center, owned by the Kushner Cos., Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in New York. The Kushner Cos. confirmed Wednesday that negotiations with Anbang Insurance Group to help fund redevelopment of the family’s office tower on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue have ended. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

March 29, 2017 at 5:00 pm

Kushners, Chinese firm back out of deal over N.Y. skyscraper

The Chinese financial conglomerate, Anbang Insurance Group, and the Kushner Cos. “mutually agreed to end talks regarding the property.”

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FILE — The building at 666 Fifth Avenue, which is owned by the Kushner Companies, in Manhattan, Dec. 23, 2016. An agreement to sell a stake in the skyscraper would be extremely lucrative for the family of Jared Kushner, and could protect the Chinese buyers from scrutiny. (Pablo Eriquez/The New York Times)

March 14, 2017 at 5:57 pm

Trump in-laws, the Kushners, near $400 million deal with powerful Chinese firm

A New York real-estate company owned by the family of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law is negotiating to sell a $400 million stake in its Fifth...

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In an undated photo, Xiao Jianhua sits on a park bench in Beijing. The Chinese-born billionaire, who has forged financial ties with some of the country’s most powerful families, was taken in the early hours of Jan. 27 out of the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong in a wheelchair, his head covered by a sheet or a blanket, according to people who have seen or been briefed on video footage captured by security cameras in the hotel. He is now believed to be in police custody in mainland China. (The New York Times)

February 11, 2017 at 1:32 pm

Mystery of vanished Hong Kong tycoon deepens

On the day he disappeared, Hong Kong billionaire Xiao Jianhua, 45, was taken out of the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong in a wheelchair,...

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EDS. RETRANSMISSION TO REMOVE CREDIT FOR IMAGE AND REPLACE WITH HANDOUT *** In an undated handout, a screenshot of the Spacious app. The real estate app was created to help potential buyers and renters in Hong Kong find their next home, but in addition to prices and amenities it also includes a feature that warns of any unnatural or unexplained deaths in the lot. (Handout via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH HONG KONG HAUNTED APP BY KATIE KENNY AND MICHAEL FORSYTHE FOR NOV. 25, 2016. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. —

November 25, 2016 at 4:34 pm

App lets Hong Kong homebuyers know if houses are haunted

In Hong Kong, many people believe that living in a place where someone committed suicide or, worse, was murdered, brings all sorts of bad fortune.

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November 10, 2016 at 3:55 pm

8 more pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong face expulsion

The new suit brings to 10 the number of people who were elected in September to Hong Kong’s Legislative Council and who may lose their...

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