China yesterday dismissed as "groundless" allegations that eight of its ruling Communist Party officials, including President Xi Jinping’s brother-in-law, used offshore tax havens
Beijing: China yesterday dismissed as "groundless" allegations that eight of its ruling Communist Party officials, including President Xi Jinping’s brother-in-law, used offshore tax havens.
"For such groundless allegations, I have no comments," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said when asked about the leaked documents.
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He declined to answer another question about whether China, which embarked on new tax reforms, will investigate the offshore accounts.
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