{
  "id": 2083131,
  "title": "China condena a cadena perpetua al fundador del gigante inmobiliario Evergrande",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/china-condena-a-cadena-perpetua-al-fundador-del-gigante-inmobiliario",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T05:54:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/economia/2026-08-20/china-condena-a-cadena-perpetua-al-fundador-del-gigante-inmobiliario-evergrande.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
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  "summary": "Xu Jiayin, also known as Hui Ka Yan, the founder of China Evergrande Group, has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in Shenzhen, China. He was found guilty of eight financial crimes, including large-scale financial fraud, misuse of funds, fundraising fraud, and illegally taking public deposits, according to El Pais and Gulf News.\n\nThe court also ordered the confiscation of all his personal property and revoked his political rights for life. Evergrande, once China's premier developer, was fined 15.82 billion yuan ($2.4 billion) by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, with its real estate arm Hengda Real Estate fined 7 billion yuan, as reported by Gulf News and Business Recorder.\n\nEvergrande, the world's most-indebted property developer, defaulted on most of its $300 billion in liabilities in 2021, triggering a crisis in China's property sector that has had a significant impact on the country's economy, as stated by Business Recorder and Free Malaysia Today. Five other senior executives of the company were sentenced to fines and prison terms ranging from six to 18 years, according to Business Recorder and Free Malaysia Today.",
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}