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Head of Chinese bank behind foreign building spree jailed

| January 9, 2021 12:06 AM

BEIJING (AP) — The former chairman of the main Chinese state bank behind Beijing's initiative to build railways and ports across dozens of Asian countries has been sentenced to life in prison on corruption charges, a court announced.

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