Chinese cops treat kidnapping as a routine form of largely acceptable debt-collection

[doctorow]

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/08/09/your-money-or-your-life.html

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[knoxblox]

Grammar error @doctorow ?

If you owe someone money in China and kidnap them to get paid

Maybe it’s clever enough to work, though.

[Shuck]

“You may be wondering why I had thugs kidnap you off the street. Well, I’d like a loan…”

[mindfu]

“If you owe someone money in China and kidnap them to get paid…”

I think this is supposed to read, “If someone owes you money in China, and you kidnap them to get paid…”

[Papasan]

Growth industry, with great benefits.

[FGD135]

It’s the Piranha Brothers all over again…