The Chinese-Dutch tycoon Yang Bin, who featured in Forbes magazine in
2001 as China's second-richest man, has been
sentenced to 18 years for fraud.
Born in China, Yang Bin went to college in the Netherlands, and took
Dutch citizenship, before returning to China in 1995. He established the
Holland Village complex in Shenyang, with agricultural production
(tulips and orchids)
and tourist attractions, including replica Dutch public buildings and
windmills. It's not clear if the complex was ever finished, and
questions of tax and building permits were variously raised, leading to
his arrest in October 2002.
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