The anonymous whistleblower behind the Panama Papers has conditionally offered
to make the documents available to government authorities. The world has just heard from “John Doe,” the person behind the biggest information leak
in history, saying that “income inequality is one of the defining issues of our
time”.
Head over to Panamapapers.icij.org to read the statement
in full
By ANT-IPODEAN NEIL CHENOWETH of AFR fame, as always, is in the Know: See also behind the paywall expose ...
Mossack Fonseca's Australian client list can be searched on the Australian Financial Review's website from 4am on Monday as part of a release by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, with Chinese investors comprising more than a fifth of the total identifiable Australian-based names.
Follow AFR @FinancialReview on Twitter | financialreview on FacebookAustralia's fifth-richest man, chairman of Hong Kong-listed Shimao Property Holdings Hui Wing Mau, who boasts a wealth of $6.9 billion, is on the list. He's among a number of Chinese billionaires listed
Not so Noble Park hot-spot for Panama Papers
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In its first three decades, the Soviet Union urbanized at about the same rate as China since 1978.
That is from Arthur Kroeber, China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know, a new and useful introductory guide to what the title suggests. This parallel of course is one reason why the early years of Soviet communism went as well economically as they did