President Xi Jinping sees the large movement of capital as a threat to China’s national security.<\/p>\n
The Public Security office says it has arrested 60,000 suspects allegedly involved in cross-border gambling operations. The law enforcement agency adds that there are currently more than 8,800 active cases.<\/p>\n
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To highlight just how committed the Chinese government is to ridding the mainland from gambling-related marketing, the country earlier this month banned TripAdvisor. The Cyberspace Administration of China prohibited the online travel booking platform for “providing illegal services, such as gambling.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
One of the amenities TripAdvisor offers users to search is a casino being included at the destination. That’s not unique to TripAdvisor, however, as Expedia, Priceline, Travelocity and other popular travel booking sites do so as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
China has officially amended its Criminal Law to allow courts to issue prison sentences on people who are found guilty of organizing trips abroad with the intent to gamble. The National People’s Congress approved a measure that was first floated in the state legislature back in October. A standing committee in the Congress accepted the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":159781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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