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Victims of Fishing Expeditions

A white-collar driver in Shanghai picked up an ailing man who asked for a ride and was fined 10,000 yuan for operating an illegal taxi service. Chinese netizens reacted strongly against such entrapment tactics which sow social distrust. ...full story at ESWN

from ESWN on Thu, Sep 17 2009

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