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House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar speaks during a Capitol Hill hearing on illegal gambling scam networks in Southeast Asia targeting Americans.

Gambling

House panel warns illegal gambling fuels scam networks across Southeast Asia targeting Americans

Illegal online gambling operations across Southeast Asia have grown into a major driver behind global...

Suswati Basu 3 months

Chen Zhi from Prince Holding Group. UK and US team up to dismantle B international crypto scam and illegal gambling network. Taiwan indicts Prince Group laundering network case

Gambling

Taipei prosecutors charge 62 in massive Prince Group laundering case

Suswati Basu 6 months

Chinese embassy warns nationals after Marina Bay Sands casino death in Singapore. Marina Bay Sands and the skyline of the Central Business District of Singapore at dusk.

Casino

Chinese embassy warns nationals after Marina Bay Sands casino death in Singapore

Suswati Basu 6 months

Police officers stand in a line outdoors escorting two detainees, one woman and one man, with the man restrained at the wrists. The group is positioned in front of a decorative border gate and low-rise buildings, with mountains visible in the background. China executes 11 members of gambling and scam crime family

Gambling

China executes 11 members of gambling and scam crime family

Joel Loynds 7 months

Blue skies in the evening, with the Marina Bay Sands hotel in the background. Las Vegas Sands sees uptick in Q4 financial report, but Sands China declines

Casino

Las Vegas Sands sees uptick in Q4 financial report, but Sands China declines

Sophie Atkinson 7 months

Betting

Federal prosecutors unseal sweeping NCAA basketball illegal game-fixing scheme tied to China

Suswati Basu 7 months

Arrest of Chen Zhi, wearing a blue prison suit. He's surrounded by guards in uniform on an airfield.

Gambling

Cambodia extradites Chen Zhi, who allegedly ran multi-billion scam and gambling rings

Joel Loynds 7 months

MGM Resorts extends branding deal as MGM China strengthens Macau performance. Modern MGM Cotai resort complex in Macau with stacked glass-and-gold tower design, palm trees in foreground, and blue sky overhead.

Casino

MGM Resorts extends branding deal as MGM China strengthens Macau performance

Suswati Basu 8 months

Thai court orders gambling kingpin to be extradited to China amid lengthy legal battle. She Zhijiang in a suit speaks into multiple microphones during a press event, standing in front of a blue backdrop with text and graphics.

Gambling

Thai court orders gambling kingpin to be extradited to China amid lengthy legal battle

Sophie Atkinson 9 months

Chinese Communist Party punishes five Hubei officials for gambling and improper card playing. Close-up of hands holding playing cards, including three aces, next to the Chinese national flag, symbolizing China’s crackdown on gambling

Gambling

Chinese Communist Party punishes five Hubei officials for gambling and improper card playing

Suswati Basu 12 months

Nine years' jail for former police officer on the run for 17 years. Koh Kian Tiong mugshot in black and white.

Gambling

On the run police officer receives nine years jail time for helping illegal gambling syndicate

Suswati Basu 1 year

AI

Baidu is offering its ERNIE Bot for free amid rising AI competition in China

Suswati Basu 2 years

Biden introduces new AI chip export rules to curb China’s access amid anger from tech firms. Illustration of AI chip with overlapping flags of the United States and China, symbolizing geopolitical tensions over AI technology export rules.

AI

Joe Biden introduces new AI chip export rules to curb China’s access amid anger from tech firms

Suswati Basu 2 years

Hackers infiltrating telecoms system with China flag and symbol of telecoms tower in the background. China-linked Salt Typhoon spies are still in U.S. telecoms network

Tech

China-linked Salt Typhoon spies are still in U.S. telecoms network, agencies reveal

Suswati Basu 2 years

Google removes hundreds of news sites for pro-China influence operation. An illustration depicting a hooded figure sitting at a laptop, symbolizing anonymity and cyber operations, with the word "FAKE" displayed in a search bar overlaying the laptop screen. In the background, the Chinese flag is shown with a digital overlay of binary code (0s and 1s), emphasizing the theme of misinformation or influence operations in the digital space. The image suggests the concept of fake news and cyber influence tied to China.

Big Tech

Google removes hundreds of news sites for pro-China influence operation

Suswati Basu 2 years

Chinese military using Meta AI. Chinese researchers 'modify Meta's AI model' for potential military use - report

AI

Chinese researchers ‘modify Meta’s AI model’ for potential military use – report

Suswati Basu 2 years

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China’s ex finance minister says crypto is ‘crucial’ to economy

Freya Deyell 2 years

A photo of an empty control room with multiple screens. Each screen has a red exclamation mark icon. The screens are displaying AI-generated images, such as a robot, a spaceship, and a futuristic city. The control room has a desk, chairs, and a few other objects. The lighting is bright.

AI

China wants red flags on all AI-generated online content

Rachael Davies 2 years

'Godmother of AI' Fei-Fei Li's startup World Labs raises 0M. Fei-Fei Li speaks with microphone headset in front of AI image of futuristic cityscape and white world symbol floating above her hand

AI

‘Godmother of AI’ Fei-Fei Li’s startup World Labs raises $230M

Suswati Basu 2 years

A game developer sits at a computer screen, lines of text reflected in their glasses as they input descriptions for an AI-generated open-world video game. Behind them, a dynamic, evolving game world takes shape, with landscapes, characters, and objects materializing and adapting in real-time based on the developer's written input. The image conveys the incredible potential of AI to streamline and enhance the game development process. Digital art, conceptual, illustrative, 4k resolution, soft lighting

AI

Tencent’s new AI can create open-world video games from text

Brian-Damien Morgan 2 years

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