A well-known economist in China has been put under investigation and removed from his jobs after he allegedly criticized the country's leader, Xi Jinping. Zhu Hengpeng, who worked for over ten years as the deputy director at the Institute of Economics within the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), reportedly made these comments in a private chat group.

This incident comes at a time when the Chinese government is tightening its grip on negative comments about the country's economy....