From the Chinese press

Students, don't fall prey to greed

A college student gambled away the 10,000 yuan ($1,628) he was to pay as tuition fees for the new academic year at a roadside gambling "den" in Chongqing municipality recently. This should be warning to people, especially college students, to guard against frauds, says an article on gmw.cn. Excerpts:

Roadside tricksters and frauds have taken people for a ride since ancient times in China. Though their tricks range from card games to different kinds of chess, they all follow one principle - that of attracting potential victims into pre-designed games to cheat them out of their money. Media reports are full of such cases, and surely the Chongqing student must have been aware of such tricks before falling victim to one of them.