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NEW YORK—Michael Hull, a former Chase Manhattan banker who embarked on a joint venture with a state-owned company in China, has spent the past 10 years of his life in anguish.“I’m very tired,” said Hull, grasping a folder of documents and news clippings—evidence for his case, which has been ignored by the central authorities in China.
He is one of the voiceless with nowhere to turn, having been robbed and left with nothing. “During the last 10 years I spent all my time and energy,” he says, eyes tired and worn. A Chinese-American, the last time Hull went to China a few months back, he was stalked by secret police, illegally detained, and deported.
Just over a decade ago, when he became president of American Trade Group, the construction company had $10 million invested in it. Now, “not even $60 is left,” said Hull. Corruption in China, and a legal system powerless to control the corruption, forced him to close the company.
The process began when Hull, a New Jersey resident who grew up in Manhattan Chinatown, embarked on a joint venture in China in 1996.
