The following censorship instructions have been distributed online. In order to create a festive and harmonious atmosphere for online discourse during Spring Festival, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has...
A new Baidu advertising scandal has been uncovered this week after Chinese domestic media...
At NPR, Frank Langfitt reports that casino revenues in Macau fell for the fifth consecutive month...
The New York Times’ Andrew Jacobs visits the Chinese-dominated Myanmar border town of Mong...
An explosion at an illegal gambling hall in Guizhou Province has killed 14 people, according to...
At Kotaku, Beijing Cream’s Anthony Tao and Charter 08 signer Wang Zhongxia review a deck of...
Kate O’Keeffe reports for The Wall Street Journal that “it now takes Macau’s...
Al Jazeera’s Witness this week features a documentary about gambling addicts in Hong Kong. High/Low follows two Hong Kong locals who have lost money, pride, and the trust of loved ones around them. Michael, an older man, lost...
Benjamin Carlson recaps how the Chinese government reeled in the triad gangs and cleaned up post-colonial Macau, where one former criminal leader emerged from prison recently to find “a city utterly transformed.”...
The New York Times has published a lengthy report about Yang Saixin, the Chinese businessman at the center of a federal investigation into the China business practices of billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson: Mr. Yang...
Fitch Ratings recently published a report on Macau’s 2012 revenue forecast, expressing concern at the possible slowdown of China’s economy: Fitch has revised its 2012 Macau revenue growth forecast to 10%-12% from...
The recent detention of blackjack master Ai Weiwei has uncovered his secret life as an artist and activist. From BlackjackChamp.com: Vinnie, who prefers to be called ‘Snake Eyes’ is a troglodyte faced mountain of...
Chinese officials are cracking down on illegal World Cup betting, according to a report from Reuters, via the Washington Post: Chinese police have pledged a “most severe” crackdown on football gambling during the...
From Telegraph: Ma Honggang was once a legend in the secretive, twilight world of China’s high-stakes gamblers. Moving from city to city, he spent countless nights around card tables in the smoke-filled apartments that act as...
From Wall Street Journal: Macau’s government met with the city’s six casino operators Monday and said it would review the size and growth of the industry, including potentially restricting the number of gambling...
Twenty people have been sentenced in China’s largest Internet gambling case. From AFP: The Shanghai Putuo District People’s Court sentenced ringleader Qian Baochun, 41, to six years and ordered him to pay a fine of...
From New York Times: As mayor of a small city in the Chinese hinterland, Li Weimin started out innocently enough, playing the slots in nearby Macao, games with names like Five Dragons, Chinese Kitchen and Super Happy Fortune...
Officials in Guangzhou have been investigated and/or jailed for gambling away over $3 million in public funds. From BBC: Chinese media reports said more than 50 officials had been investigated and six had been jailed or...
Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention
CDT is a non-profit media site, and we need your support. Your contribution will help us provide more translations, breaking news, and other content you love.
