王健林回应习近平亲属入股万达报道: NYT

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(1) 傅才德, 王健林回应习近平亲属入股万达报道. VOA Chinese, Nov 2, 2015.
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20151102/c02wanda/

, which is translated from

Michael Forsythe, Chinese Tycoon Defends Xi’s Relatives, and Himself, on Business Deal. New York Times, Oct 31, 2015.

Quote:

(a) "In defending the company’s ties with Mr Xi’s relatives, Mr Wang [Jianlin] may have inadvertently drawn attention to a common practice among wealthy and powerful Chinese people: the transfer of shares, sometimes to distant relatives or business associates, to mask business interests.

"Corporate records show that Ms Qi [Qiaoqiao 习近平的姐姐 齐桥桥] and Mr Deng [Jiagui 邓家贵] transferred ownership of the holding company to an employee in October 2013. Mr Wang said they had sold their stake two months before the I.P.O., which would have been October 2014.

"If true, his statement suggested that Ms Qi and Mr Deng still somehow owned the shares after they had, on paper, been transferred to the employee.

"Wanda’s pre-IPO documents show that the holding company, Qinchuan Dadi Investment 北京秦川大地投资有限公司, held shares in Wanda as of mid-August 2014.

"It is not clear from available public records whether the holding company sold the shares [ie, can not prove or disprove Wang Jianlin's remarks at Harvard Open Forum]. At the end of 2013, the holding company listed three companies that it held stakes in, including Dalian Wanda. In its 2014 annual report, the company did not list any investments.

"The holding company was still listed on Friday as being owned by the employee, Xu Zaisheng 徐再生.

(b) "When property is transferred on paper to hide its ownership, the new putative owner is known in China as a 'white glove.' "


(2) 王健林道破天机：习近平家族万达持股真相. VOA Chinese, Oct 31, 2015.
www.voachinese.com/content/wang-jianlin-20151030/3030110.html

Quote:

(a) "财新网星期五报道，中国地产大亨王健林星期四在哈佛大学主讲 '公开课，' 在回应有关纽约时报报道时，他说，齐桥桥和邓家贵在万达上市前两个月就已经把万达的股票全部转让

(b) "傅才德告诉美国之音说：'奇怪的是，邓家贵和齐桥桥那个时候（2014年12月）已经没有万达的股票了，因为根据工商局的材料，2013年10月份，他们已经把他们万达的股权转让给他们的一个长期职工徐再生。'

"傅才德说，王健林在哈佛演讲中可能无意中说出了邓家贵和齐桥桥实际上仍然是股权主人的事实， '虽然那个时候齐桥桥和邓家贵已经没有万达的股票，但实际上他们有。王健林有可能犯了个错误，但这给了我们一个窗户，看到中国很有权力的人有办法把他们的股权名义上让给别人，这就是所谓的‘白手套’现象。'

My comment: Hopefully, you can understand the tricky issues here. VOA Chinese made the emphasis so that we can comprehend the NYT report, whose points you may otherwise miss.