China’s “position on cross-border gambling is consistent and clear,” said Lin Jian (pictured), a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, during a regular media briefing in Beijing on Monday.
Mr Lin was responding to a question from a journalist regarding a message the same day from China’s embassy in Singapore, warning Chinese citizens to “stay away from gambling” while in that city state, which has a casino industry legally sanctioned by the latter nation.
The Chinese-language message from the embassy translated as: “Even if a casino establishment is set up legally outside the country’s [mainland China’s] borders, citizens may allegedly come to violate our country’s laws over [involvement in] cross-border gambling, especially [via] participation in organising gambling… that can result in [such citizens] being held legally liable for their acts.”
