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It's a bit of a shame that the article is written only from the Japanese perspective. I would have been more interested in knowing China's position over this wh
by otikik 1y ago
It's a bit of a shame that the article is written only from the Japanese perspective. I would have been more interested in knowing China's position over this whole affair. Given that:
- The original investors were Chinese
- The video footage shown is hosted on a Chinese platform
- The signage on the videos for "restaurants" and "hospitals" in the videos is in Chinese
- "A Chinese-style drum would echo through the compound each time a deposit of over $100,000 was received"
And the fact that Thailand receives a great deal of Chinese tourists, I expect at least some of the kidnappings affecting Chinese citizens - and then some of the scam victims to be Chinese as well.
I would expect China to be more affected and to able to exert more influence over this situation than Japan.
- decimalenough 1y agoChina is very affected and has been tightening the screws hard. The situation really blew up when a Chinese actor was lured to Thailand, kidnapped across the border and forced to work in a scam center: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Wang_Xing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Wang_Xing There was even a Chinese blockbuster movie about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Bets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Bets But the scammer choose lawless places like Myanmar for a reason and while China can exert pressure on individual bigwigs, they can't stop those small enough to fly under the radar.
- otikik 1y agoThanks for the update! Your post would make a great addition to the article.
- PicassoCTs 1y agoChina has the same culture- and the same scamming problematic. Its like a bigger mafiosi promising to solve crime and restore order by sending a lowlevel thief to the fishes. Low-thrust societies can not be repaired by topdown level commands. All that happens, is yet another paint job, another face restoring measurement, while the rot behind remains the same.This is not some "aberration" from the fringe of the Chinese empire- this right here, is a sample of its core values under the CCP, undiluted by propaganda cosmetics.
- maujun 1y agoI think you are being a bit too politically correct. The values are not tied to a political party. They are tied to the people themselves and these values are not found only in China, but even more so in Vietnam and India.
- otikik 1y agoI was looking more for data than opinions, but thank you.