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China executes man for poisoning billionaire Netflix producer

Xu Yao was found guilty of killing Lin Qi, the founder of the company that holds the film adaptation rights for the blockbuster sci-fi trilogy "The Three-Body Problem."

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What happened

According to CBS News’s source item, China executes man for poisoning billionaire Netflix producer, Xu Yao was found guilty of killing Lin Qi, the founder of the company that holds the film adaptation rights for the blockbuster sci-fi trilogy “The Three-Body Problem.”

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