For the past few years, our colleague Arunavishvanatha has been reporting on a man named Gwa Wing

Wei.

So, you know, as a reporter, you get all these crazy tips and almost every single one of

them by the time you reported out and confirm what actually happened.

The story is like, you know, 25% of what you thought it was.

And with Mr. Gwa, this is literally the only story I've ever worked on that the crazy

tips we got would end up 25% crazier in the final story.

It was just like everything about him.

It was just so wild.

Gwa is a Chinese billionaire who spent the past eight years living in the US.

He made a name for himself as a critic of the Chinese government and he's built up a

social media presence with hundreds of thousands of followers.

Rebel Rouser is exactly what he is.

He loves really salacious allegations against all sorts of people and you never quite know

exactly where he's going next.

Gwa has been a major thorn in the Chinese government's side.

And for years, they've been trying to get him back to China to face criminal prosecution

for a number of alleged crimes.

So he has been a bit of a singular figure in the US-China relationship, especially as

that relationship has deteriorated over the past few years.

He has been like a huge focus for the Chinese government and the US has long resisted handing

him back.

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