Visiting China for the first time last month, I was struck by the gambling. People were betting even under a statue of Marx and Engels in a Shanghai park. In a state betting shop in Beijing, dead-eyed middle-aged men – exactly the same types who populate British bookmakers in mid-afternoon – were staring at screens full of numbers. Then there’s all the illegal gambling that you don’t see.
上個月，我平生第一次來到中國，這裏的賭博之風給我留下了深刻印象。在上海一個公園裏，人們甚至聚集一座馬克思和恩格斯的雕像下賭博。在北京一家體彩店，目光呆滯的中年人盯著滿是數字的螢幕——這與下午三點前後英國各博彩公司裏的彩民別無二致。此外，中國還有著各種你所看不到的非法賭博。
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