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A Chinese Pyramid Scheme Built on an Anthill

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Dec 03, 2007
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On November 22, more than 10,000 angry people besieged the Liaoning provincial government in the capital of Shenyang, demanding compensation of millions of yuan from a pyramid sales scheme which bought dead ants, supposedly to be turned into health products. The demonstrators blocked a railway line and overturned cars, requiring the government to mobil…

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