China makes new move to catch fugitive billionaire Guo Wengui

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Billionaire businessman Guo Wengui has maintained a high profile in New York, where he is pictured giving an interview last year.

SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writer

CHONGQING -- Police here look to work with their American counterparts on an investigation into potentially forged official documents connected to wealthy businessman Guo Wengui, a vocal critic of the Chinese government now accused of donating money to U.S. political campaigns.

Beijing is ratcheting up pressure for Washington to extradite Guo, who seeks asylum in the U.S. and continues to lob allegations of corruption at figures including Vice President Wang Qishan, President Xi Jinping's right-hand man and, until last year, his anti-corruption czar.

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