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[[File:Li Jianjun.jpg|thumb|Li Jianjun]] |
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'''Li Jianjun''' ({{zh|t=李建軍|s=李建军}}; born 1977) is an investigative journalist in the [[People's Republic of China]] from [[Shanxi]] province.<ref name="Rwb1">{{cite web|url= http://heroes.rsf.org/en/li-jianjun/|title=Li Jianjun|date=2 November 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> He is best known for speaking out against the corruption of the state-run conglomerate [[China Resources]] located in [[Hong Kong]]. In 2014 he was |
'''Li Jianjun''' ({{zh|t=李建軍|s=李建军}}; born 1977) is an investigative journalist in the [[People's Republic of China]] from [[Shanxi]] province.<ref name="Rwb1">{{cite web|url= http://heroes.rsf.org/en/li-jianjun/|title=Li Jianjun|date=2 November 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> He is best known for speaking out against the corruption of the state-run conglomerate [[China Resources]] located in [[Hong Kong]]. In 2014 he was recognized by [[Reporters Without Borders]] as one of the "100 Information Heroes".<ref name="scmplj">{{cite web|url= http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1500587/four-chinese-journalists-activists-named-top-information-heroes|title=Four Chinese journalists, activists named world information heroes by watchdog group|date=30 April 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> |
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==Early years== |
==Early years== |
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Li was a reporter for Shanxi evening news.<ref name="stn1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_print.asp?art_id=136562&sid=40159157|title=No friend of mine|date=16 August 2013|accessdate=2 November 2014| |
Li was a reporter for Shanxi evening news.<ref name="stn1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_print.asp?art_id=136562&sid=40159157|title=No friend of mine|date=16 August 2013|accessdate=2 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103061756/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_print.asp?art_id=136562&sid=40159157|archivedate=3 November 2014}}</ref> He also worked on corruption cases on police in the mainland. On 17 February 2011 Li was dismissed.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://en.rsf.org/china-censorship-reaches-new-heights-23-02-2011,39617.html|title=Censorship reaches new heights|date=23 February 2011|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> |
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==Investigative work== |
==Investigative work== |
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Between 2012 and 2013 Li took on investigation against the state-run conglomerate [[China Resources]] and three mining companies in [[Shanxi]].<ref name="Rwb1" /> The illegal profiteering in the nationalization of Shanxi [[coal mining]] has been going on for years.<ref name="scmpc">{{cite web|url= http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1294235/ex-journalist-take-china-resources-corruption-files-hong-kong|title= Ex-journalist to take China Resources 'corruption' files to Hong Kong investigators|date=29 August 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> |
Between 2012 and 2013 Li took on investigation against the state-run conglomerate [[China Resources]] and three mining companies in [[Shanxi]].<ref name="Rwb1" /> The illegal profiteering in the nationalization of Shanxi [[coal mining]] has been going on for years.<ref name="scmpc">{{cite web|url= http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1294235/ex-journalist-take-china-resources-corruption-files-hong-kong|title= Ex-journalist to take China Resources 'corruption' files to Hong Kong investigators|date=29 August 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> |
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For more than four months Li had been airing information against [[Song Lin]], chairman of China Resources.<ref name="scmpc" /> Li said Song purchased several coal mines in Shanxi for more than 10 billion yuan and suspicious deals were being pushed into the Hong Kong-listed subsidiaries.<ref name="scmpc" /> Li tried to present the materials to three newspapers, and none showed any interest in publishing the article.<ref name="stn1" /> To stay close to the case, Li purchased 4,000 shares of China resources stock and formed his own investigation team.<ref name="stn1" /> In July 2013 as a minority shareholder, Li sued 20 directors who held offices in the last three years.<ref name="stn1" /> |
For more than four months Li had been airing information against [[Song Lin]], chairman of China Resources.<ref name="scmpc" /> Li said Song purchased several coal mines in Shanxi for more than 10 billion yuan and suspicious deals were being pushed into the Hong Kong-listed subsidiaries.<ref name="scmpc" /> Li tried to present the materials to three newspapers, and none showed any interest in publishing the article.<ref name="stn1" /> To stay close to the case, Li purchased 4,000 shares of China resources stock and formed his own investigation team.<ref name="stn1" /> In July 2013 as a minority shareholder, Li sued 20 directors who held offices in the last three years.<ref name="stn1" /> The case requested [[High Court (Hong Kong)|Hong Kong High Court]] to act against the 20 directors including former Secretary for Justice [[Elsie Leung]], [[MTR Corporation Limited|MTR]] chairman [[Raymond Chien]] and Song Lin.<ref name="stn1" /> In August 2013 Li took the corruption files to the [[Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong)|ICAC]] in Hong Kong.<ref name="scmpc" /> Following an investigation by the [[Chinese Communist Party]]'s [[Central Commission for Discipline Inspection]], Chairman Song Lin and two other corrupt executives were removed on April 19, 2014.<ref name="Rwb1" /> |
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==2014 ATV interview== |
==2014 ATV interview== |
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Prior to bringing the case to Hong Kong's ICAC, Li was very confident in the case.<ref name="scmpc" /> A few months after the case on 30 October 2014, Li made a guest appearance on the HK [[Asia Television|ATV]] show ''News Bar Talk'' (把酒當歌) at the time of the [[2014 Hong Kong protest]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hkatv.com/zh-hk/pages-brief/45/馬伯樂MBL酒業特約:把酒當歌|title=blah|date=25 January 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> There he expressed his disappointment in Hong Kong. |
Prior to bringing the case to Hong Kong's ICAC, Li was very confident in the case.<ref name="scmpc" /> A few months after the case on 30 October 2014, Li made a guest appearance on the HK [[Asia Television|ATV]] show ''News Bar Talk'' (把酒當歌) at the time of the [[2014 Hong Kong protest]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hkatv.com/zh-hk/pages-brief/45/馬伯樂MBL酒業特約:把酒當歌|title=blah|date=25 January 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> There he expressed his disappointment in Hong Kong. |
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In the interview Li pointed out the mainland injected $20 billion yuan into China Resources only to watch the money vaporize in Hong Kong. He explained Hong Kong was experiencing high levels of corruption, since the ICAC was useless with Song Lin heading the Hong Kong Ethics Development Advisory Committee (道德委員會).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20140421-%E5%AE%8B%E6%9E%97%E8%90%BD%E9%A9%AC%E5%90%8E%E4%BB%8D%E7%84%B6%E6%98%AF%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%BB%89%E7%BD%B2%E9%81%93%E5%BE%B7%E5%A7%94%E5%91%98%E4%BC%9A%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD|title=宋林落马后仍然是香港廉署道德委员会主席|date=21 April 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> During the China Resources case, he said the Hong Kong High Court was withholding evidence. He proclaimed Hong Kong as the most failed financial system in the world to let these politicians go unarrested. |
In the interview Li pointed out the mainland injected $20 billion yuan into China Resources only to watch the money vaporize in Hong Kong. He explained Hong Kong was experiencing high levels of corruption, since the ICAC was useless with Song Lin heading the Hong Kong Ethics Development Advisory Committee (道德委員會).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20140421-%E5%AE%8B%E6%9E%97%E8%90%BD%E9%A9%AC%E5%90%8E%E4%BB%8D%E7%84%B6%E6%98%AF%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%BB%89%E7%BD%B2%E9%81%93%E5%BE%B7%E5%A7%94%E5%91%98%E4%BC%9A%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD|title=宋林落马后仍然是香港廉署道德委员会主席|date=21 April 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> During the China Resources case, he said the Hong Kong High Court was withholding evidence. He proclaimed Hong Kong as the most failed financial system in the world to let these politicians go unarrested. Elsie Leung, who was supposed to watch over 58 mainland firms, let China Resources run wild. Hong Kong Stock Exchange's regulations applied to Hong Kong companies, but not mainland ones. That is why some mainland investors (like [[Jack Ma]]) are going directly to the [[List of stock exchanges in the Americas|American stock exchanges]] now. Li slammed [[Hong Kong Chief Executive|Chief Executive]] [[CY Leung]]'s decision to give Song Lin a [[justice of the peace]] appointment on 1 July 2013 while Elsie Leung was working with China Resources.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hkheadline.com.hk/news_topic/nt_content.asp?sid=13811&nt=np|title=李建軍歎港交所對投訴反應冷淡|date=8 August 2013|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/china/2013/08/130805_lijianjun_crc|title=李建軍向香港廉署和警方舉報華潤高管|date=5 August 2013|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpfinance.com/htm/finance/20130808/news/ea_eac1.htm|title=華潤宋林發聲明指被誣告舉報人李建軍邀公開對質|date=8 August 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014}}</ref> |
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Li further mentioned in the interview that because of corruption in Shanxi, a "blood change process" (換血) had to take place to replace the entire line of government workers with a new group of workers. He highlighted Shanxi and [[Sichuan]] province as the most corrupted on the mainland. |
Li further mentioned in the interview that because of corruption in Shanxi, a "blood change process" (換血) had to take place to replace the entire line of government workers with a new group of workers. He highlighted Shanxi and [[Sichuan]] province as the most corrupted on the mainland.{{cn|date=December 2023}} |
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==Recognition== |
==Recognition== |
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Li Jianjun (simplified Chinese: 李建军; traditional Chinese: 李建軍; born 1977) is an investigative journalist in the People's Republic of China from Shanxi province.[1] He is best known for speaking out against the corruption of the state-run conglomerate China Resources located in Hong Kong. In 2014 he was recognized by Reporters Without Borders as one of the "100 Information Heroes".[2]
Li was a reporter for Shanxi evening news.[3] He also worked on corruption cases on police in the mainland. On 17 February 2011 Li was dismissed.[4]
Between 2012 and 2013 Li took on investigation against the state-run conglomerate China Resources and three mining companies in Shanxi.[1] The illegal profiteering in the nationalization of Shanxi coal mining has been going on for years.[5]
For more than four months Li had been airing information against Song Lin, chairman of China Resources.[5] Li said Song purchased several coal mines in Shanxi for more than 10 billion yuan and suspicious deals were being pushed into the Hong Kong-listed subsidiaries.[5] Li tried to present the materials to three newspapers, and none showed any interest in publishing the article.[3] To stay close to the case, Li purchased 4,000 shares of China resources stock and formed his own investigation team.[3] In July 2013 as a minority shareholder, Li sued 20 directors who held offices in the last three years.[3] The case requested Hong Kong High Court to act against the 20 directors including former Secretary for Justice Elsie Leung, MTR chairman Raymond Chien and Song Lin.[3] In August 2013 Li took the corruption files to the ICAC in Hong Kong.[5] Following an investigation by the Chinese Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Chairman Song Lin and two other corrupt executives were removed on April 19, 2014.[1]
Prior to bringing the case to Hong Kong's ICAC, Li was very confident in the case.[5] A few months after the case on 30 October 2014, Li made a guest appearance on the HK ATV show News Bar Talk (把酒當歌) at the time of the 2014 Hong Kong protest.[6] There he expressed his disappointment in Hong Kong.
In the interview Li pointed out the mainland injected $20 billion yuan into China Resources only to watch the money vaporize in Hong Kong. He explained Hong Kong was experiencing high levels of corruption, since the ICAC was useless with Song Lin heading the Hong Kong Ethics Development Advisory Committee (道德委員會).[7] During the China Resources case, he said the Hong Kong High Court was withholding evidence. He proclaimed Hong Kong as the most failed financial system in the world to let these politicians go unarrested. Elsie Leung, who was supposed to watch over 58 mainland firms, let China Resources run wild. Hong Kong Stock Exchange's regulations applied to Hong Kong companies, but not mainland ones. That is why some mainland investors (like Jack Ma) are going directly to the American stock exchanges now. Li slammed Chief Executive CY Leung's decision to give Song Lin a justice of the peace appointment on 1 July 2013 while Elsie Leung was working with China Resources.[8][9][10]
Li further mentioned in the interview that because of corruption in Shanxi, a "blood change process" (換血) had to take place to replace the entire line of government workers with a new group of workers. He highlighted Shanxi and Sichuan province as the most corrupted on the mainland.[citation needed]
In 2014 Li was named by Reporters Without Borders as one of the journalists on the first ever list of "100 Information Heroes".[1][2] Four Chinese citizens were included on the list. Of these, Li is the only one not facing persecution,[2] though he had been fired from his job and faced death threats as well as kidnapping attempts.[2]
