Yilishen Tianxi Group

Jobless widow 240,000 yuan out of pocket in ant-breeding scam

7 Jan 2008

Last July, 41-year-old widow and laid-off worker Zhang Liyun borrowed 240,000 yuan from relatives and friends to be a contract ant breeder for the Yilishen Tianxi Group, an aphrodisiac tonic...

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Pillar of community falls from his perch

7 Jan 2008

Wang Fengyou, the chairman of the Yilishen Tianxi Group who is in custody for allegedly instigating social unrest, took a long and winding road to become the 'King of Ants'.

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Get-rich mentality puts poorest at risk

7 Jan 2008

Rapidly developing countries tend to create big wealth gaps, with most people on the wrong side of them. None compare with modern China in creating enormous personal wealth and prosperity. But the...

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Officials blamed in ant-potion scandal

14 Dec 2007

The Liaoning government should take the blame for the controversy surrounding the bankruptcy of a company that produced and sold a well-known aphrodisiac made from ants in what officials are...

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