Tan Ruisong, former chairman of China's top military aviation company, has been sentenced to death for corruption. The 64-year-old reaped over $89 million from bribes and insider trading during his tenure from 2018 to 2023.

Tan Ruisong, the former boss of China’s top military aviation company, has been given a suspended death sentence for reaping over 613 million yuan (US$89 million) from bribes and insider trading. Tan, 64, was the chairman and Communist Party secretary of state-owned Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) – China’s leading military aircraft maker – from 2018 until his retirement in March 2023. He is one of the most prominent defence sector executives to come under investigation in President Xi...