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Shadowy Chinese casino magnate Zhao Wei eyes a business empire in Laos

BANGKOK — Southeast Asia’s crime-infested Golden Triangle, the lightly governed area where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet, is best known perhaps as Afghanistan’s only rival in the production of opium for the world’s illicit drug markets.

That’s why Chinese entrepreneur Zhao Wei is raising more than a few eyebrows in the region with his grandiose plan to construct a sprawling casino, resort and airstrip just inside the…

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