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China extradites suspect of 100-billion-yuan financial crime from Thailand

2024-08-23 22:08 Last Updated At:22:57

Chinese law enforcement agencies extradited a suspect from Thailand on Tuesday in connection with a major financial criminal case involving more than 100 billion yuan (about 14 billion U.S. dollars), China's Ministry of Public Security announced Friday.

The man surnamed Zhang is the first financial criminal suspect extradited to China from Thailand since the two countries' extradition treaty took effect in 1999, according to the ministry.

Zhang was discovered to have led a pyramid scam operation under the guise of issuing virtual currency since 2012. The public security organ of Chongqing Municipality launched an investigation into Zhang in 2020, and an Interpol Red Notice was issued in March 2021.

Zhang was captured by Thai police in 2022, and was ordered to be extradited to China following a sentence made by Thailand's Appeals Court in May of this year, a decision later supported by the Thai government.

China extradites suspect of 100-billion-yuan financial crime from Thailand

China extradites suspect of 100-billion-yuan financial crime from Thailand

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Symphony featuring ancient China's Tang poetry resonates in Beijing

2024-11-03 21:56 Last Updated At:22:07

The Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems concert took place at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing on Saturday night, bringing together 14 vocalists from nine countries including China, the United States and Italy to perform a Tang Dynasty (618 to 907) poems set to music in Chinese.

The event was presented by iSing, a vocal arts festival founded by Asian Performing Arts Council, along with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

The concert with both western classical music and oriental poetry gems has previously been staged at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York, where it received enthusiastic acclaim.

Symphony featuring ancient China's Tang poetry resonates in Beijing

Symphony featuring ancient China's Tang poetry resonates in Beijing

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