10.22
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
According to a report by the UK's Financial Times on October 22, the liquidators of China Evergrande sent a demand letter to Harvard University, asking for the return of $2 million from a 2020 research grant, and the two sides are in negotiations. The liquidation report disclosed that Evergrande also paid the university about $156 million in 2013 and 2016, and the liquidators said they found no clear commercial rationale for these payments.
08.21
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·China
Evergrande Group founder Xu Jiayin has been sentenced to life imprisonment, sparking widespread discussion about the fate of private entrepreneurs in China and the attitude of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) toward private capital.
08.20
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 2
·China
Xu Jiayin, former chairman of Evergrande Group, was sentenced to life imprisonment, and his two sons, Xu Zhijian and Xu Tenghe, were also sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment.
08.20
·Official claim
·Importance V
·Sources 2
·Shenzhen, Guangdong
On August 20, 2026, the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court publicly pronounced the first-instance verdict on the Evergrande Group and Xu Jiayin and others. Xu Jiayin received a combined sentence of life imprisonment for multiple crimes and had all his personal property confiscated.
2026.08
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 4
·China
Evergrande Group founder Xu Jiayin was recently sentenced to life imprisonment, sparking widespread public attention. Commentators view this as marking the beginning of an era where private Chinese billionaires generally face severe legal reckoning and life imprisonment.
2024.01.29
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Hong Kong
On January 29, 2024, Hong Kong High Court Judge Chen Jingfen issued a liquidation order against China Evergrande, which is indebted by more than 2.4 trillion yuan, stating that it failed to present a viable restructuring plan.
2023.10
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
A domestic article points out that the high walls surrounding the Xu family cemetery form the character "口", while the trees planted inside form "木", together forming the character "困"; netizens have called it the "trapped dragon formation" or the "imprisonment formation".
2023.09.28
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·China
China Evergrande announced that Xu Jiayin is subject to compulsory measures by law due to suspected violations of laws and crimes.
2021.09.13
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 3
·China
Evergrande, China's largest real estate developer, is in trouble with $31 billion in debt, and a rare protest has broken out at its headquarters, marking the opening of the continuing downturn in China's property sector.
2017.05
·Hearsay
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Shenzhen
Three days after acquiring full equity in the Yuemeng project, Huacheng Group resold it to Evergrande, with the transaction involving an M&A fund established by CITIC Bank.