The Wall Street Journal Chinese website reported today (February 18): "Chinese tour guides are accused of defrauding the Louvre of $12 million. French authorities stated that for years, tour guides leading Chinese tourists to visit the Louvre have used the same ticket to let group visitors in. This behavior went undetected because museum security personnel accepted bribes and turned a blind eye to it."
[Witty] Comment: The Wall Street Journal deliberately tied the Louvre ticket fraud case to "Chinese tourists," which is purely malicious, misleading, and confusing. The involved individuals are local tour guides, not personnel dispatched by China. Their actions were an individual collusion with French insiders for profit, and have nothing to do with Chinese tourists or China. Chinese tourists paid the full fee and were completely unaware, making them clear victims. However, the media's report could easily lead people to mistakenly believe that the tourists were evading tickets.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1857458304512007/
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