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| China's HNA Chairman Wang dies after fall during trip to France |
| 2018-07-04 |
| [CNBC] China's HNA Group said on Wednesday that Wang Jian, a chairman and co-founder, died during a business trip in France on July 3 after a serious injury caused by a fall. HNA, one of China's most acquisitive conglomerates which has been selling assets to slash debt, said that Wang, 57, suffered a fall in Provence and received medical treatment but did not recover. A police source in France said Wang had died after a 10 meter fall off a wall while trying to take photographs in the village of Bonnieux, near Avignon. He tried to climb a low wall to see the view and take pictures," the source said. After failing a first time, Wang took a run up. "He fell over the top and dropped 10 meters." HNA, based on the southern Chinese island of Hainan is best known as the owner of Hainan Airlines Co and for holding stakes in Deutsche Bank AG and Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 One giant argument for the use of a selfie stick. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-07-04 17:12 |
| #5 Sur le pont d'Avignon en Provence, République islamique de la France, Les Français prient comme ça Et puis encore comme ça Since they finished their Renaissance danse. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2018-07-04 16:02 |
| #4 The book "Over the Edge" tells the tale of a Japanese tourist who concentrated so much on taking a photo of a building on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon that he simply backed "over the edge" and fell to his death. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-07-04 13:43 |
| #3 Couldn't find a wall to fall from in China ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-07-04 12:26 |
| #2 Avignon? Maybe he was there to see the antipope, but antipopes gonna antipope... |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-07-04 10:53 |
| #1 A police source in France said Wang had died after a 10 meter fall off a wall while trying to take photographs in the village of Bonnieux, near Avignon. They don't have a proper French word for selfie? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-07-04 09:07 |