How a Chinese Casino Conquered a Piece of America

A Chinese company set out to build a huge casino on the island of Saipan, a remote US territory in the Pacific. But questions about its operations and relationships with politicians have some people there, and on the mainland, very concerned.

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[Jeez_itsRJ]

should’ve mentioned how the people of Saipan had voted TWICE to not have a casino built, but was built anyway

[swanz]

I live in saipan. The casino is bad news to the island. Workers are now protesting too because they havent been paid during this covid epidemic

[BvousBrainSystems]

The next Scorsese movie.
No joke, this is an even better setup than Casino.

[lucasinindia]

I am wondering whether this casino is a method of money laundry for the unknow cash they got from the mainland china. Looking forward to the next investigation video.

[perraudindenis]

Ozark saison 4 :') What's the music starting at 10:55

[rbcarrillo]

Moved to Saipan in 2016. Made friends with the dealers to the waitresses, to the Captain of the yacht, even partied with Brown a few times. Oh man the stories they would tell, crazy times. Nothing but love for this island.

[joeblack]

It is US corporate lobbying that have made the US weak to any corporation from anywhere. Every loophole for domestic companies is also a loophole for international companies ultimately.

[parkdonkey]

Wow! I was born in Saipan back in 88. Ive been in California since 05’ and its so cool to see some exposure about the cnmi! Thank you for this content! Amazing

[Suetvvlogs]

the fact that the FBI didn't investigate what's going on in that casino is really telling about what is really is going on in that casino!

[alonezlciel]

You can find these kind of business in many places near China. Philippines, Laos, Burma, Cambodia.

[mrbear]

Casinos are large washing machine operations

[ulf___]

They did the same thing here in the Philippines.

[marcusrakyat]

A lot China people born baby in Saipan to get US passport. Very tricky

[davidradich]

The Casino remains half built and it is an eyesore.

[ryank]

What’s so strange about a casino in Saipan operating as money laundering front? Isn’t all tax heaven work the same? The Caribbean’s, Monte Carlo, Panama.

[lizama]

I lived there . And i heard rumors about a construction men falling off the building by accident

[robertbryanti]

There’s really something happening there. I’d been there once in Saipan, and I noticed mostly of the businesses there are Chinese owners, it’s casino guess are Chinese mostly as well.

[kentli]

of course the local government supported the project, otherwise no one would even bother mention Saipan.

[gvi]

Saipan has little to no industry and the mainland cares little about it. Because of its location and proximity to Guam and preferences in docking . Makes it impossible for any growth

[jlo]

If there are Chinese companies most especially casino's including Chinese workers and tourist, a number of things are for sure..
1. Corruption
2. Money Laundering
3. Red-light districts (almost all casinos are magnet to it even non-Chinese though)
4. Criminality (in general)
5. Loan sharks and debts
6. Unfair treatment of locals over Chinese
7. Collapse of socially acceptable behaviors/ manners
and so