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Chinese Gamble With Their Lives in the Philippines Amid Waves of Kidnappings

Labeled by international media as the “kidnapping capital of the world” in the 1990s, Manila today is plagued by trans-national criminal networks that are now increasingly targeting visiting Chinese businesspeople, who they often snatch for ransom right at the airport

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