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We meet the Chinese property tycoon and multi-millionaire who, along with his then-wife, once moved in the highest echelons of power in Beijing.

But the couple fell foul of the Chinese government during Xi Jinping\\u2019s inexorable rise to power and in 2017 Desmond\\u2019s ex-wife was abducted \\u2013 he says by the Chinese state. \\n \\nShe vanished for two years and even now is restricted in her movements, although she\\u2019s never been charged with any crime. \\n \\nMr Shum now lives in the UK, from where he gave us his extraordinary account of business life at the highest level in China. And he tells us why he thinks the current Chinese economy is rotten to the core.\\n \\nPresenter: Ed Butler

(Image: Desmond Shum. Credit: Desmond Shum)