Chinese Anti-America Internet Celebrity Arrested for Running P2P Lending Platform

Chinese Anti-America Internet Celebrity Arrested for Running P2P Lending Platform
Security personnel stand in front an entrance to China's Banking Regulatory Commission in Beijing on Aug. 6, 2018. Greg Baker/ AFP/via Getty Images
Anne Zhang
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A Chinese anti-America internet celebrity and chairman of a P2P lending platform was recently arrested for alleged online fraud, which raised a lot of eyebrows among his 3 million-strong followers.

Huang Sheng is the chairman of Chinese P2P lending platform Xitouwang. He has over 3 million fans on Chinese social media platform Weibo, and often published anti-America posts to attract like-minded followers. His posts have won him the nickname “Anti-America VIP.”
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