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11.24.20
A Border Town’s Second Gamble
Maxine greets us from her small apartment, decorated with flowers and a poster of herself. “If you ask me whether I feel like this is Laos or China, I feel like I’m living in China. There are so many Chinese people here,” she says as she brushes her...
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07.18.19
‘See, They Are So Happy with Our Generosity!’
On June 22, in Sihanoukville, a port city in southwest Cambodia, a Chinese-owned building under construction collapsed, killing at least 28 people, all Cambodians. The owner had undertaken the construction without the required permit, and defied...
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02.02.18China Considers Legal Gambling on Hainan Island
Bloomberg
China is drafting a proposal to allow gambling on Hainan Island, people familiar with the talks said, in what would be an unprecedented move that could reshape gaming in China’s territories and transform the economy of a strategic southern province.
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09.26.17China's Cricket Catchers Cashing in on Insects That Can Float Like a Butterfly and Sting Like a Bee
South China Morning Post
An annual cricket craze is sweeping a rural area of east China as demand for the leaping insects soars among “trainers” who use them for fighting and gambling, online media reported.
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06.26.17China Jails Workers from Crown Resorts of Australia in Message to Casinos
New York Times
A court in Shanghai on Monday sentenced three Australian employees of Crown Resorts to less than a year in prison each for illegally promoting gambling in China. Including the time they have already spent in prison, all three should be released in...
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05.04.17U.S. Investigates Work at Pacific Island Casino Project with Trump Ties
New York Times
Officials say contractors illegally hired Chinese workers in Saipan, part of an American commonwealth, to build a casino overseen by a former Trump protégé.
Depth of Field
09.12.16
African Migrants in Guangzhou, Forgetting, Family Planning’s Fate, and More...
from Yuanjin Photo
Photographing the aftermath of catastrophic events is challenging—one that photographer Mu Li handles with creativity and grace looking back at the chemical explosion in Tianjin that damaged as many as 17,000 homes August 12, 2015. Another challenge...
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07.12.16China Should Let Soccer Fans Gamble
Bloomberg
To save football from corruption, the betting should no longer be illicit...
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09.10.15Guo Meimei, Chinese Web Celebrity, Gets 5-Year Sentence on Casino Charge
New York Times
A woman notorious for a lavish lifestyle while claiming to work for a charity was convicted of running a casino.
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12.17.14Diversity the New Game for Macau as Gambling Revenues Tumble
South China Morning Post
When inaugural chief executive Edmund Ho Hau-wah threw the liberalisation dice that took Macau's flagging gaming industry into the 21st century in 2002, few could have predicted its stellar rise to become the top city for global gaming, leaving...
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03.11.14A Border City on the Edge of the Law
New York Times
Mongla in Myanmar is best known among Chinese tourists for its casinos and large selection of rare and endangered animals.
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07.16.13Training Future Macau Casino Bosses
New York Times
Macau opened its doors to major U.S. investors like Sands and Wynn Resorts when it liberalized its casino industry in 2002. It now has at least 35 casinos employing more than 81,000 staff, mostly expatriates.
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04.30.13In This Corner Of China, Boxing’s Next Frontier
New York Times
Fight promoter Bob Arum insisted that he had seen the future of boxing, and that it was in China and Singapore and would perhaps spread elsewhere in Asia, like the Philippines.