State TV Airs Confessions by Taiwanese Fraud Suspects
This week, 45 Taiwanese citizens were deported from Kenya to China after several were acquitted on...
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 15, 2016
This week, 45 Taiwanese citizens were deported from Kenya to China after several were acquitted on...
by Samuel Wade | Dec 5, 2014
Xinhua reports that Chinese authorities have started issuing certificates of authenticity to...
by Natalie Ornell | Jun 6, 2014
At Think Africa Press, James Wan reports that 200,000 Ugandans have signed up for a company which...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 13, 2013
From Dan Harris at China Law Blog (via William Moss): Dear prospective partner, I am writing to...
by Sophie Beach | Aug 6, 2009
AP reports on the execution of two business people who defrauded investors out of more than $127 million: China’s highest court said the fraud had “seriously damaged the country’s financial regulatory order and...
by cschultz | Apr 25, 2009
United Press International reports that “cybergangs” are hiring people in China, India, Brazil, Russia, Argentina and Nigeria to manually spam site users and spread “cyberscams”: Popular social sites such...
by Paulina Hartono | Feb 4, 2009
99-year-old Zhou Zhiping is on trial in Beijing for a scam that involved cheating a victim of 749,000 yuan. At 99 years of age, Zhou is likely the oldest ever defendent on trial in the city. From Danwei: Zhou and his two...
by ecary | Oct 20, 2008
From Reuters: On Monday, hundreds of angry investors in a get-rich-quick scheme fought with police outside a government office in Beijing after demanding help from the government. Nearly 30,000 investors lost a total of 1.3...
by Paulina Hartono | Sep 5, 2008
BBC News reports on recent unrest in China. Approximately 10,000 participants took to the streets in both Hunan and Ningbo to air grievances. The Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said that, in...
by Zhaohua Li | Jul 14, 2008
Fake tickets are only the beginning, from Reuters: Apart from run-of-the-mill confidence tricks from people selling pirated Olympic coins, gold bricks and other merchandise, police had heard reports of offers to arrange...
by Xiao Qiang | Nov 22, 2007
From EastSouthWestNorth blog, Roland Soong translated this article on the Southern Metropolis Daily, November 22, 2007: “100,000 yuan to cure cancer. As quickly as ten days but now later than twenty days. If you have faith, you will be saved.” A fifty-ish illiterate rural woman who has never been in school for a single day […]