From the Daily News:
It didn't take long for a rich Chinese student to become a big man on campus - flashing a lot of cash, picking up big bar tabs and running with a fast crowd.
His free-spending ways caught the eye of a vicious Queens gang, which took him hostage for four days and demanded $3.5 million from his family.
The 24-year-old was terrorized, zapped with a stun gun and warned he would be killed if his rich father didn't cough up cash.
The rare case of stranger abduction ended when the FBI swooped in and rescued the young man - found blindfolded, his head wrapped in duct tape.
"This kid was new to the country - a couple months - had some money, picked up the tab a lot and literally fell in with the wrong crowd," said Michael Harkins, FBI coordinating supervising special agent.
The saga began on the Boston campus of Northeastern University, where the son of a real estate tycoon was in his first year.
Like many new arrivals, the victim - whose name is being withheld by the Daily News - gravitated to other Chinese immigrants.
He met a guy named Xin Lin and his crew at karaoke bars and started making weekend treks from Boston to Queens to hang out.
Lin was no true friend, though. The feds say he was the ringleader of the kidnap plot.
On Sept. 7, he invited the student to breakfast and then suggested a jaunt to a bar.
Four men in the VIP lounge, two with knives, grabbed the student and Lin, who pretended to be a target, officials said.
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Like many new arrivals, the victim - whose name is being withheld by the Daily News - gravitated to other Chinese immigrants.
If you can't trust your own people, who can you trust?
Its like a movie script that one.
And to the above, you can't trust anyone from the start, no matter what background they are. Just because they come from the same place as you do doesn't mean they're your friend.
And to the above, you can't trust anyone from the start, no matter what background they are. Just because they come from the same place as you do doesn't mean they're your friend.
Yes, but politicians and the intelligentsia keep telling me that "Diversity Is Our Strength!".
Are you telling me that I shouldn't trust my political leaders and ivory tower intellectuals?
No one can screw you worse than your own kind. I see all the Chinese and Korean homeowners in my neighborhood hire only
Chinese and Korean contractors, and then they complain about how much it cost and how lousy the work was. Then I give them the names of my Irish carpenter and Italian concrete contractor and they say, "too expensive!" Hilarious!
anyone know if these Chinese from Taiwan or from the PRC?
No one can screw you worse than your own kind. I see all the Chinese and Korean homeowners in my neighborhood hire only Chinese and Korean contractors, and then they complain about how much it cost and how lousy the work was. Then I give them the names of my Irish carpenter and Italian concrete contractor and they say, "too expensive!" Hilarious!
That's because they know that they can only speak their own language and not English, so those contractors definitely take advantage. LOL. Same thing with Real Estate Agents. I found White (not even hispanic, nor chinese) agents tend to be more honest in Queens.
No one can screw you worse than your own kind. I see all the Chinese and Korean homeowners in my neighborhood hire only Chinese and Korean contractors, and then they complain about how much it cost and how lousy the work was. Then I give them the names of my Irish carpenter and Italian concrete contractor and they say, "too expensive!" Hilarious!
That's because they know that they can only speak their own language and not English, so those contractors definitely take advantage. LOL. Same thing with Real Estate Agents. I found White (not even hispanic, nor chinese) agents tend to be more honest in Queens..and I'm not even White, nor black.
"That's because they know that they can only speak their own language and not English, so those contractors definitely take advantage. LOL. Same thing with Real Estate Agents. I found White (not even hispanic, nor chinese) agents tend to be more honest in Queens..and I'm not even White, nor black."
The funny thing is my Chinese neighbor who complimented the re-pointing brick work my Italian contractor did speaks perfect English and Chinese and is an Architect! And still will only hire Chinese!
Hiring people to do brick work who lived in grass huts 20 years ago....................
You get what you pay for.
The funny thing is my Chinese neighbor who complimented the re-pointing brick work my Italian contractor did speaks perfect English and Chinese and is an Architect! And still will only hire Chinese!
Maybe it's a 'recommendation' thing from his relatives.
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