Chinese billionaire Liang Guangwei, the head of a state-backed technology conglomerate with high-level political connections, has been linked to the $64 million purchase of land next door to the new headquarters of Australia's domestic spy agency.
Mr Liang, a former People's Liberation Army soldier who has hosted Chinese leaders including former president and premier Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao at his company Shenzhen Huaqiang's corporate offices, was a director of the company that bought the land next door to ASIO until a month before the sale, documents show.
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