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Head of Chinese bank behind foreign building spree jailed

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BEIJING – 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.Hu Huaibang was sentenced Thursday after being convicted of taking 85.5 million yuan ($13.2 million) in bribes between 2009 and 2019, according to the Intermediate People's Court of Chengde, a city north of Beijing.

It said he used his post to help others obtain jobs and loans.Hu also was Communist Party secretary of China Development Bank, one of the world's richest lenders.The CDB is the main source of financing for the multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative to expand trade by building railways, highways,.

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