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Message: [QUOTE="Da_Aisijimo_Gou, post: 2407198, member: 264"] From the article: "[I]The case could also be dropped to the lower 'administration violation' rather than robbery, which would lessen any potential penalty including prison time, according to Jeremy Daum, an attorney and research fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center based in Beijing.[/I]" With a 90+% criminal conviction rate, China's legal system does [U]not[/U] screw around. The latter absolutely includes shoplifting, particularly of purported luxury goods (ironically flying in the face of looking the other way on sales of some fake luxury products, e.g., faux Louis Vuitton). Additionally, western expats, especially with South Asians and individuals of African origin, absolutely get special [I]attention[/I]. Had UCLA's 3 Stooges been in Guangzhou with a relatively large African presence for China or even in Shanghai or Beijing, the rather tall guys might have been blended in ever so slightly more than in less international Hangzhou (pop. ~9m). Besides being 3 basketball players known by Chinese authorities and media to be in a group visiting Alibaba's Hangzhou headquarters and staying in the quite nice Hyatt Regency, shoplifting at the nearby, high-end Westlake mall may not have been the sharpest decision. :rolleyes: As I suggested above, UCLA's 3 fools may benefit from President Trump's visit and shared desire by Chinese authorities to conveniently make the issue (them) go away. Not that I'm a gambler, but I'd put some of whaler's money on Beijing pressuring local Hangzhou law enforcement to continue holding the 3 Stooges for a few days in their lakeside hotel. Or, they may be quietly scooted over to UCLA's Shanghai hotel. Then, UCLA's jerks will be found guilty of the lesser "administration violation" charges. When UCLA's team boards their return flight at Pudong airport after Saturday's game in Shanghai, the guilty idiots will be deported to LAX. Safe to say, none of the 3 Stooges will obtain future visas to visit China nor to play in the CBA (Chinese Basketball Association). Well played boys! [/QUOTE]

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