COVER STORY
Smuggler's Blues
Is Lai Changxing China's Public Enemy No. 1 or a hero for his time? Hannah Beech finds the kingpin in exile

Nice Hiring, Dear Leader
Tycoon and putative North Korean free-trade czar gets nabbed by Chinese authorities


The Life and Crimes of China's Most Wanted
Chinese authorities allege that fugitive tycoon Lai Changxing ran the largest-ever smuggling and corruption racket in the People's Republic


Lush Life
Remnants of Lai Changxing's fallen empire stretch far and wide



Can China fix its corruption problems?

Yes
No

COVER STORY
China's Nouveau Riche
Flush with the spoils of capitalism, China's fledgling multimillionaires are living large. Mao would have had a cow


PHOTO: FUGITIVE LAI CHANGXING IN VANCOUVER, CANADA
CREDIT: WARD PERRIN/VANCOUVER SUN
FROM THE OCT 14, 2002 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED MONDAY, OCT 7, 2002


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