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Al-Jazeera on the Yilishen ant farming scandal

Al-Jazeera has followed up on the Yilishen ant farming incident, a massive investment scandal that conned thousands of Chinese (and as many as one million by some reports) out of their life savings. He also got into some trouble with the local police while on location at Yilishen's now-vacant office building. Four years ago, Yilishen got into trouble with the US Food and Drug Administration for selling "dietary supplements" that included Sildenafil, the active drug ingredient in Viagra. One of the masterminds of the scandal has since been sentenced to death.

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  • richardlee

    it is a shame for CCP and Li Keqiang, who at that period of fraud was the party boss of Liaoning province.

  • shangpudi

    makes me wonder, how come you never see any ants in Shanghai?



    One of the most adaptable species is not to be found.



    anyone?

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