A notorious ex-gangster is reportedly launching an illicit gambling project in Myanmar under the banner of the Belt and Road Initiative. What does that say about Beijing’s most important foreign policy initiative?
At 7 a.m. on December 1, 2012, with a crush of media waiting nearby, the Coloane Prison in the Chinese territory of Macau released one of the region’s most notorious gangsters — Wan Kuok-Koi, better known by his street name: Broken Tooth. Dressed in a white, long sleeve shirt, the then 57-year-old Wan had served nearly 14 years in prison for a host of crimes, including loan sharking and illegal gambling. In the 1990s, when Macau was still administered by Portugal, Broken Tooth had been the r
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