How a Chinese Casino Conquered a Piece of America
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 พ.ค. 2024
- 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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should’ve mentioned how the people of Saipan had voted TWICE to not have a casino built, but was built anyway
This video is misleading, yes money laundering is illgeal. But This casio brings in tourism and jobs for the island, the people are way better off with the casino.
@@eddieyang7970 are they? if I asked the local there they says no though.
@@TheDexsword They were so poor that the hospital beds are running out of sheets, what other solution is there?
@@TheDexsword Casino can bring tourism and jobs is simply a fact. It not like the local's words can bend reality lol
@@guanyuji1084 These comments full of CCP shills like these guys
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
Not surprising, the chinese are not famous for their compassion.
Las Vegas laid off thousands and they got paid through unemployment insurance. LV is just opening up 1MAY2021. Imperial Pacific follows a well trodden path used by corporations worldwide but with Chinese flavor. Agree that Saipan government was asleep at the switch.
you should get some US army bois in and make it into a mall for you guys
just convert to a public housing , I think everyone will be happy living inside it. look pretty nice to live in , bankrupt the casino.
Cant they built a huge water park instead? Or underground aquarium dang bruh..
The next Scorsese movie.
No joke, this is an even better setup than Casino.
Scorsee don't do Chinese movie...
@@iche9373 ugh... Kundun?
Legit!
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.
@@trillaux2014 lmao TDS
Read all “crime/drug” related news on the local papers. With simple google search and mindfulness of timelines. It’s not hard to see that it’s more fact than coincidence. Sad. 😕🙁☹️😔🥺😩😭 I call that island HOME!!!
Hawk yeah but the place has been in works even before Trump was president.
Ava Pamparo you are right. That's just my assumption and i am expecting the upcoming investigation video.
Hawk of course it is lol
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.
Corporatism is destroying America and eventually the world. Dont buy from mega corps
Corpos are selling America and the politicians are letting them get away with it.
This is a bipartisan interest
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
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.
cuz its closer to china than the united states, like how california has many mexicans.
@@warringfinger967 haha ur funny
@@Alex-qq3my it's true.
@@sierraleicody2787 like all the massage parlors are China
You can find these kind of business in many places near China. Philippines, Laos, Burma, Cambodia.
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!
Dang Dude! Watched one of your other vids and clicked on this one. Thank you for educating the world and me. Keep digging and reporting the real stuff. Thank you for being a Real Reporter and teaching others. Hats Off Sir!
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.
Sounds like a party. Did you score what you wanted? You still live there?
What is your name?
Oh yeah they love it but in every mind of a person you dont know anyone's true intentions.
Great story. Looking forward to the follow up.
Casinos are large washing machine operations
Well in Breaking Bad, the Bad guy doesn't look so bad now. Does he.
@@AskforQAli no, he does.
with no actual washing machines
American Factory 2.0 CC: Netflix
They did the same thing here in the Philippines.
A lot China people born baby in Saipan to get US passport. Very tricky
So
@@santiagocardenas4661 so?People are taking advantage of us, babies born here, educated somewhere else and can comes back to anytime
@@santiagocardenas4661 ya you mexicans are doing the same
@@sarthakjain3493 ya you Indians are doing the same.
It's funny how many Americans complain about immigrants when our country was literally built on genocide , slavery, and mass immigration to native lands. Don't complain we had it coming. And i see no issue with immigrants.
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 on.....
Now you're targeting hate towards Chinese. All casinos operate the same way.
I’m from Saipan. this is the act of a corrupt governor. We all voted no for that casino but he had a cut from imperial pacific so he went ahead and approve the casino.
Hope to see part 2. Interesting
I lived there . And i heard rumors about a construction men falling off the building by accident
Ozark saison 4 :') What's the music starting at 10:55
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.
its not the same if it is done by white people for other white people.
It’s the audacity that makes this so strange. Those tax havens you mention operate under at least a veil of legitimacy and credulity. Building such a vast and ostentatious hotel / casino on an extremely remote, relatively impoverished, tiny pacific territory with little to no notable existing tourism infrastructure - is getting into the realms of fantasy….
Keep us updated!
If the islands were having economic problems and the Government wasn’t helping, what were they supposed to do?
Very soon a casino will be built in Flint MI I guess.
Can you report also how the native of Saipan lived, before the commencement of this project? How did US treat the territory and the natives over the decades?
You mean do some objective unbiased reporting? You know this is 2020 right?
Demetrius Middleton
Of course unbiased! You just need to know how the native lived like before 2019!!!
@@ABC-uz2tw I don't understand what you are saying. But it looks like English is probably not your first language, so you probably don't understand that I was being sarcastic. In a way, I agree with you!
Demetrius Middleton
Okay fine, if you expressed it in a different way from me.
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
Incredible story. Kudos.
Great video fo sho, well explained
It’s the Governments fault, They should have not accept this agreement because if you want land,you must have Chamorro or carolinian blood.
When American companies go and expand in Asia, don't they use the same game plan?
Evangelina Forth that’s not true.
@Evangelina Forth source
Obviously no. For one, American companies operating in Asia rely on local workers.
Buuurnn. 🔥
Nope. Try again.
Great reporting ..., more of these types please
Great reporting.
Not much people know about saipan. Tbh saipan is underrated ( not just saying that cause im from there) and its really sad that it is. I wish more people could understand our culture
Do you think the locals were for or against building the casino? Just curious
@@MRIPETCTSupportEngineer very much yes
It’s really interesting that theres videos about saipan, Not alot of people know about Saipan. Im not as happy that i live there, because a few hours ago a really huge bush fire happened right next too my house, It was because of the heat in saipan.
But ye, im still happy too be living here. (:
of course the local government supported the project, otherwise no one would even bother mention Saipan.
..."After that, Things got Pretty Weird.' LOL!!!
*starts vid*
Thats a hard beat shawty
Now this is real news and journalism
I lived there in 77 there were only a few hotels then, all tourists were from Japan, for many it was first time to visit overseas. Some oldies didn't know how to use Western toilets so stood on rim squatted down Japanese style, did same thing with showers, Japanese bathe with soap outside bath, rinse off then get in tub, in Saipan they'd fill the ice bucket with hot water and wash outside of tub standing on tile floor adjacent to bath, then get in to take a bath or shower, water would leak from the tiled bathroom floor to the ceiling of rooms below, caused quite a ruckus, on days off I'd take a Cessna to Guam about 45 min flight in single engine prop plane over earth's deepest ocean was pretty hairy., have lots of fond memories from those years.
I found your comment quite funny since now Japan have what I would say the most sophisticated and technologically advanced toilets in the world.
Thanks
I was watching another news report, Chinese investors are buying lands and property in USA very aggressively
Eh... It is not just in United States but also in Asia. China actually ordered their banks to stop lending money to some of these real-estate developers to stop them from aggressively purchasing overseas asset. To be honest, China is still in the midst of "cleaning up" some of the companies. Bad debts, money laundering and so on. Honestly, I don't really like real-estate developers' aggressive bidding of land and then "try" to transfer the cost to the locals.
This has been going on for the past 12 years. A lot of rich people in China want to get their money out of China and placed it somewhere safe like in America and Canada due to a lot of protection with laws in placed. China has put a stop to it in the past few years due to their economy slowing down. You are many years late to the party.
thats because any Chinese person with wealth does not want to have their money in China. look into the billionaire Guo wengui
I think that’s because in China you can’t really own land. When people buy a house they are actually renting that piece of land from the government for like 70 or so years, then they or their descendent will have to pay in full again for another house. Crazy. So, no wonder Chinese are investing in real estate abroad.
The Casino remains half built and it is an eyesore.
It seems that Saipan has fallen into a land full of the Chinese influence.
Jennyoy This is why chinese must be stopped in migrating in big numbers because they’ll pose a major security threat in future.
One Casino equals to the entire island?
@@yf4044 In 1608, Mughal authorities allowed the English East India Company to establish a small trading settlement at Surat (now in the state of Gujarat), and this became the company's first headquarters town.
China is using old british tactic
scarletcrusade77
Why are the US there then?
Jennyoy
Why should the native get influenced by the US then??
Reminds me a little bit of the troubled City Center in Las Vegas, which was funded partly with Kuwait money. Resorts World, built by a Malaysian firm is set to open shortly on the old Stardust location.
Bothered me that he buttoned his blazer to sit down
100% Contractors were handed the money and decided they rather keep it than pay the people.
Great job 👍💎🕯️
As a resident of saipan I notice not many people know about saipan
You just doesn’t intend the Chinese earn that great amount money,if you cracked down this casino,China will retaliate which crack down the American casinos in Macau as well
Gee, a casino in the middle of the Pacific. Sounds like a great idea! lol
A new mini series !
Is this casino now closed?
100 years later: how China slowly colonized USA
China is the only major industry countries who build industry system basically only based on people,s intelligence and hardworking without any colony interest. while all the other developed countries more or less transfer the pain to the colony people a lot of them even been genocide. none western countries has moral advantage than china
Look Lorenzo, half of America doesn’t want to deal with the topic of slavery, more than half think it’s about political correctness rather than basic humanity, and Trump said “we should have taken their oil” in regards to the Iraq 🇮🇶 war. It’s okay to love America, but as minorities, we need to acknowledge our place in it, how racial prejudice against nonwhites still exists, how we’re not considered “real Americans “, . Forget china, I don’t support it either, but I cannot be loyal to a nation where I’m not equal yet
Digital User so true. I see America as a country where people from different parts of the world came to settle over a period of hundreds of years. But it's sad that some people still have the mentality of "first comers privilege"
@@digitaluser1255 why bring up slavery none of you went through it. You’re life that sad you have to cling to something that doesn’t even affect you
Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Sweden, Luxembourg, San Marino and Chile are all western, they didn’t go by the colonialism route.
Now they have this amazing building on an island once abandoned by US politicians
The latest Chinese cesspit.
Maybe amazing to you but the people of the island voted twice against it but it was still built, the workers of the casino have also not been paid since the start of the pandemic.
@@ninth6655 do not feed this chinese troll
What a journalist, great work
This type of reporting 👏
Money laundering paradise!
America is full of corruption.
This Casino seems like a true Trojan horse, made in China.
I hope they're 200 nuclear weapons in this Trojan horse and they shift into 200 different western cities and than boom. Peace for the whole universe 😂
Least if it is made in/from china it won't last. Chinese manufacturing/engineering is the most shameful in the world.
Any quarantine at Saipan ??
Oh it’s a money laundering front for the criminal syndicate... hello ozarks
@Anil Dikshit No, because the US government doesn't restrict the flow of currency out of the state. The dictator whiney the poo and the CCP do restrict currency flow out of China. They're no doubt using this casino to funnel cash out of China into the global financial system. Sorry facts hurt your feelings.
@Anil Dikshit say that to any of them
Who keeps letting the Chinese get a foothold in every place.
Money.
China has learned from U.S.
This casino recently posted a 503 million dollar loss for 2019. Almost sounds like the Trumps were involved.
They already probably laundered trillions so they're done with it.
It’s not like it’s built on an island. Crazy they would lose money🤥
@@av3169 You're right, it is crazy. Lots of islands around the world have successful casinos.
@@powerGPT If Trump wants to drill in the backyard of my house in San Francisco, and pays me for it, it's all his.
At the 2:54 mark, he says, "It's kind of like a quiet American suburb."
Far from it, buddy.
Saipan should become a State, and Be a hand shake between Japan and American Tourist and new Japan American Citizens.
To strengthen our Allance against Communism and its Corruption abroad
Sounds like ozark: island edition
"American territory" sounds so much nicer than "American colony"
The people of Saipan and Guam overwhelmingly support being an American territory. This is common knowledge.
Especially when you know that there's a huge difference between the two, but hey--facts are boring, and being stupid as hell is a lot more fun, right!
@@djokawari1 like hawaii. Its kinda narrows your option when you have battleships at your doorsteps.
@@pocarisweet8336 Only a tiny tiny percentage of people in Hawaii are Native Hawaiians. It would be kinda weird if a bunch of children of immigrants wanted Hawaii to be independent.
@@djokawari1 They also support being turned into a state and be an equal citizen of the US. Until the power flows from Washington to the "territories" and never a 2-way flow, they are effectively a colony.
Moral of the story don't be a builder because no matter where you go nobody wants to pay you.
Sounds like a way to bring a bunch of mainlanders to Saipan, colonize it, then call it ancient Chinese territory and take from US. Just like they're doing in Malaysia.
damn. China is always so based. Love it.
So basically, a Chinese invested Casino is the sigh of invasion. Funny enough.
using that logic that means all the whie people should move out of cities. lots of buildings are build and invested by Asia. Without it the city would only be 5 story buildings
This could be made into a movie
They did that already pretty much. It was called "Casino".
Ozarks, it's a TV show though.
A casino this big, probably only used by billionaires and millionaires through VIP bookings, especially Chinese ones, what else other than money laundering are they doing, it's like the perfect thing to write or make mobster comics or movies, it's perfect.
this remind me of the netflix serie Ozark lol
I'm only 1m30s in, and after hearing Macau-like, I'm gonna guess: What is state/politburo-level high limit invite only poker table money laundering?
Edit: I was right! Now seize it. Seriously.
Chinese seems to love to the idea of going to out no where islands for vacation and gambling. Look at what they did in south China sea.
James Tang America did it with Hawaii (which was a recognized nation before US annexed it) along with most of the pacific islands close to Australia and Malaysia.
they're doing that to monitor the water ways - extremely important area of transportation. gambling is just a front - they want to own the ocean
China casinos are just popping out of nowhere everywhere in the world. Casinos are even very well placed in strategic points.
In summary, they think something strange is going on but can't pinpoint it and can't prove it. Great work guys.
Chinese deny everything.
Google Maps: "Temporarily Closed."
THAT'S WHERE ALL THE US NAVY BOYS PARTY..
The casino looks very cool
I need this to be a Netflix show
''it's fairly obscure, it's called Saipan'' - not if you're Irish it ain't!
Not surprising John Delaney picked it in hindsight.
What does that mean???
Irish people know a lot about Saipan? That's amazing
Sara Keaton I think they’re referring to the “Saipan Incident” during the 2002 World Cup. Look it up!!!
what is the saipan incident
Shady thru and thru 👌🏽👌🏽 good job rich people, this casino is a gold mine!!
Reminds me of the Netflix series Ozark
Ngl I thought the music on the TV was an actual TH-cam ad
I’m. Business man... my gut tells me money laundering
exactly, why would they put money into what appears to be nothing more than a shell company?
I'm a physics student my gut tells the same
That will be the best building to save the island people when there is any Tsunami etc.
It’s MADE BY CHINA -- first thing to float - only thing made by china which is actually lasting long is CORONAVIRUS a.k.a - wuhan virus a.k.a -CCP VIRUS
vantheman1136 ChInA bAd
This is like a real life and better Ozark story
This is a major money
laundromat. If they treat their own national workers like that just imagine how they will treat others once they have control
I live there.
Corruption in the government
U hit the nail on the head there!
i saw that in saipan
I think this casino should be just closed and reconstructed as university, this would benefit the locals.. hope US gov would support the local Saipan government..
People voted NO for the casino and the government still approved it. BTW they haven't finished the casino yet..
11:05 A Chinese Company failed to live up to the commitment..
First Time?
Pretty sure they were going bankrupt. Stock went from 10hkd to 2 cents. I bet the whole purpose of this hotel is only for a small group of people to move money overseas.
The fact that they pass the casino bill in the middle of the night when people are sleeping is unacceptable. Evil.
Quiz time: How many American casinos are there in China? Answer: basically every single famous brand in Vegas has a hotel casino in Macau, China.
That didn't used to be a part of China
HBC423 Now it is. Welcome to Macau, China.
This story would make a great docu movie but to bad the Chinese own not only the movie theaters but most of the big movie studios and production companies #chinaUncensored
They basically made a Western Union for Chinese millionaires. Its on US territory so no one in the Chinese Govt can seize funds. Once they give the funds on the mainland in china to that family, they can have the money transferred to any country in US Currency. China has a limit of $50,000.00 for transferring out of the country per person. But for some reason all the millionaires together have transferred Billions.
Even my own people were like ‘Sempai-San please don’t’ and I went ‘How about I do it anywaaays?’