| 'Mortal' Tang cannot finish his Burgundy | Henny Tang, the politician whose campaign to become Hong Kong chief executive was derailed by revelations of a wine cellar in an illegal basement is trying once again to connect with the people of the Chinese city: by selling them his wine.
Christie's on Friday started auctioning some rare Burgundy wines from a collection Mr Tang kept in his Kowloon basement. It expects the bottles to fetch HK$29m ($3.7m).
Mr Tang was originally Beijing's choice to run Hong Kong. But his bid was dashed when it emerged that he had converted a huge basement – in a city where most people live in tiny apartments – into a wine cellar without planning permission.
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