China's princelings storing riches in Caribbean offshore haven

Relatives of political leaders including China's current president and former premier named in trove of leaked documents from the British Virgin Islands


By James Ball and Guardian US Interactive Team

More than a dozen family members of China's top political and military leaders are making use of offshore companies based in the British Virgin Islands, leaked financial documents reveal.

The brother-in-law of China's current president, Xi Jinping, as well as the son and son-in-law of former premier Wen Jiabao are among the political relations making use of the offshore havens, financial records show.