by Steven Richards at Just the News
The one-time business partner of Hunter Biden resigned from his role at the head of a major investment fund earlier this month after he was placed under investigation by the Chinese authorities for “personal problems.”
Zhao Xuejun—who Biden and his other business associates referred to as Henry—was the Chairman of Harvest Fund Management, one of the largest asset managers in China. The investigation of Zhao is suspected to stem from Beijing’s wider crackdown on the securities sector.
Zhao is the second Biden business associate to fall under scrutiny from Chinese authorities. Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, did not respond to a request for comment from Just the News.
Another Biden partner, Ye Jianming, the one-time owner of CEFC China Energy and magnate, also mysteriously disappeared in 2018. The Chinese government has remained silent on his whereabouts, but his name subsequently appeared in trials of senior Chinese Communist Party officials accused of graft, indicating that Ye may have been under investigation for financial crimes or corruption.
Henry Zhao played a prominent role in Hunter Biden and his…
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