State TV Airs Confessions by Taiwanese Fraud Suspects
This week, 45 Taiwanese citizens were deported from Kenya to China after several were acquitted on...
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LatestTemple Verification Scheme Launched to Halt Scams
Xinhua reports that Chinese authorities have started issuing certificates of authenticity to...
The Herbal Medicine “Death Sentence” in Uganda
At Think Africa Press, James Wan reports that 200,000 Ugandans have signed up for a company which...
Bo Xilai Needs You
From Dan Harris at China Law Blog (via William Moss): Dear prospective partner, I am writing to...
China Executes 2 for Defrauding Investors
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...
Cybergangs Infiltrate Social Network Sites
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...
99-Year-Old Man On Trial for Fraud
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...
Chinese Protest After Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees
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...
Protests in Two Chinese Cities
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...
China Police Warn Citizens To Beware Olympic Scams
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...
Chinese Police Arrests “Jesus’ Sister” – Southern Metropolis Daily
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 […]
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