How China's Thirst For 'Blood Jade' Fuels A Risky Trade In Myanmar | Risky Business
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
- Myanmar’s Kachin State is believed to hold up to 90% of the world’s most valuable jade. Demand for it is growing in China, where the stone is considered sacred. But hunting for it is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, and many end up addicted to drugs, which they say, replaces their wages. ''
We take the security of characters profiled in our documentaries very seriously. For context, Thant gave us permission to show him with just a mask on, but we took the extra precaution of blurring his face in shots where we felt like his identity could be exposed. He also gave us permission to use his common Burmese last name, but we chose to leave his full name out. We also worked very closely with our local freelancers on the ground to advise us on what we could and could not show and mention so that we wouldn't be endangering him.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:28 - Night Markets
02:09 - Illegal Mining In Kachin Hills
02:38 - The Drug Problem
03:50 - History Of The Kachin War
04:28 - Growth Of Drug Trade
05:00 - Jade's Significance In China
06:20 - Why Jade Mining Is So Deadly
07:10 - Gender Roles In Mining
08:31 - What Miners Have Lost
09:34 - Credits
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We appreciate your comments of concern. We take the security of characters profiled in our documentaries very seriously. For context, Thant gave us permission to show him with just a mask on, but we took the extra precaution of blurring his face in shots where we felt like his identity could be exposed. He also gave us permission to use his common Burmese last name, but we chose to leave his full name out. We also worked very closely with our local freelancers on the ground to advise us on what we could and could not show and mention so that we wouldn't be endangering him.
I applaud that you took steps in your documentary in hiding identity however I think the steps you've taken are still insufficient. As stated by @nandinhocunha440 (one of the comments down below) and many others, you merely covered his eyes, you didn't cover his build, his clothes, his hut, or the area in which presides. Logistical constraints may have played in the part of you being unable to fully edit the video captured but you should have nonetheless given importance to his safety. Please look after him even after you extracted what you wanted from him, for his safety.
Too late now
Trust me bro type ahh
Taking advice from a Dr*g addict.. Nice
He told you to hide his identity and you go and show his whole body? At least hide him in the shadow so his employer can’t identify him man.
Business Insider basically just murdered this dude :/
That's so fucked up, people in there will recognize him.
Should report the video so they can take it down because of that
Unsubcribed. U have to take down this video or edit it
Even where he lives... Bruh...
You guys did him dirty, his face wasn't even covered properly and you showed his hut. Please edit this
Nothing will happen this is a hoax news
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This are losers. See their video on pakistani Hindus brick labors. They blame it on caste when it was clear case of religion and they treating them as slaves..... hindu are treated as thrash by this people
Please reupload this video with better identity concealment for the guy that asked it. You're putting him in danger by even exposing his hut and his body.
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Its disgustingly low level of journalist integrity to not respect that miners wishes and potentially put him in danger by exposing his identity. Shame on you business insider, we demand clarification regarding the man's safety immediately. Sincerly, Everyone.
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bro said hide my identity and then they say his name???????????
They often use fake names
tbh they also showed his hut where he stays, his whole body except like his eyes and area where he works, if someone rly wanted to find out who he is i doubt it would be too hard for those that run the mines LOL
They don't even hide his head or his body build, the guy is screwed thanks Business Insider
May have been afraid of Facial Recognition Gimmicks
I was also thinking the same thing....not only his name but everything about him except his eyes were exposed 😂😂😂🤦🤦🤦
1. Diamonds aren't even rare.
2. Edit the video to respect the request of the man wanting to conceal his identity.
diamonds are rare i doubt you would be able to natrually find and and extract one or atleast shape it
@@tedpartijuando Near tectonic plates. Fairly common.
Diamonds are actually not as rare as than we think. It just that industries have strict monopoly over them which is why diamond is so expensive
Hide his identity but practically show him AND namedrop
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"They exploit their workers" just like business insider exploits the people willing to speak to them. Kinda ironic, they wanna talk about unfair business practices but literally put the people that are saying they live in fear at risk by not putting in basic effort in to hide their identity.
Smh. I normally like these videos but they did their inside source so dirty its not even funny. Hopefully he doesn't suffer bc of this as we all know business insider isnt gonna help him out!
💯 I said the same thing in not so many words. Its a shame they did this to him. He will most likely expire(dispatched) well before his time and not because of the drugs.
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What are you guys doing after you legit doxxed his name and where he leaves after he asked for his identity to be hide. Yall got to reupload a censored version
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You showed where he lives and what he wears. You’ve gotten this man in a lot of trouble
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Unsubbed. You failed to protect this mans identity.
Why? Was he punished?
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Check their video on pakistani hindu brick labors. They just gave them up giving caste as reason when it was minority persecution
Your terrible editing skills and the lack of basic journalistic ethics is putting the brave guy who is exposing all this in danger
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Rarer than diamond..........not much of a statement considering Diamonds are not at all rare, its just marketing that makes them expensive and a virtual monopoly.
Business Insider, Please edit this video to hide his identity very well. You may not gave his name or show of his face but the fact you show his location, the nature of his work, and his body are enough information to find the guy.
You put his life in danger and it is your responsibility to follow your promise before it's to late for him.
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Pretty sure you guys made him "disappear" after showing his identity.
Please keep my identity secret
Business Insider: Sure I will just mask your eye or something and show EVERYTHING ELSE
"Rarer than a diamond" isn't really as much of a statement as people tend to think it is.
Another gem from Business Insider screwing their sources.
Good job!
It hurts knowing I’m from Myanmar too that I see men who just find money to feel loved cause that’s how exactly my family is if you have money you get love.
This mining is way safer than the Chinese run lithium and cobalt mines in Africa.
nope.
The big chinese firms are known for good industrial working standards.
The problem with worker security in cobalt in africa are the ca 10% of the market of locally organized "artesinal" or wild mines, which none the less employ a lot of people and have scarce capital for materiel.
Thats where workers die - not the giant extraction industries where big, state-defended chinese capital tries to push down production cost per unit.
@@user-un8tv1pp8m you ccp agents are everywhere
They risk of their lives just for a pretty green rock
No, they risk for money
Another excellent documentary. I really appreciate how your team regulatory opens windows into unknown worlds for us. Another horrible example of the consequences of putting profit before people. With the result of people suffering and the Earth being destroyed.
You didn't mention how KIA (Kachin Independence Army) heavily tax all the businesses in the North and make billions of USD annually. Much more than the central government. Yet the Kachin state is in poverty while the upper echelon of the KIA grew richer everyday
*when asked "jaded" Chinese officals said everyone should be "mining" their own business* 😅🤣😂
People of china also knows that jadeite is very abundant in indonesia, u dont even have to dig, they are all over the river bed n stream
Wow
You want them to take those two?
Sorry brother but that's not how getting clean works. That's just your excuse to use.
why is this getting reuploaded what happened
Now I'm unsubscribe from it because the integrity of the journalist was appalling.why didn't you hide his face?
Lost respect to this editing. Fix this Business Insider
Am I mistaken? I thought he asked for his identity to be concealed????
Are the miners sifting through the dirt the truck dumped after taking the big stones looking for jade to sell themselves or is that for a company? What is the worker/employer or independent worker structure? How much do they make? There is a ton of info left out here.
I’m asking is that what they’re doing, not your policy. It was unclear what you were trying to convey
Jade shine’s brightest in the moonlight 😂 except it’s all electric lights
Ancient Chinese "Jade" is nephrite. Jadeite from Burma was introduced to China in the late 18th century.
Ilegal and they have $ 250k trucks driving around lol
good film
“So you’re going to pay me in drugs and not money?”. “Yes.”. “Ok, sounds good to me.”.
You guys just ruined a man’s life, a mask on and blurring the eyes = covering his identity??? What about his body shape, his hair style, his clothes, his voice and so on… if I was there in the mines I can probably find him now, how is gonna be safe there now???
I feel warm and happy besides the current situations in myanmar for your concerns for his safety
not only do you not care about the well being of the guy who asked to be anonymous, you probably did not even pay him and then proceeded to make money off him image. Real good ethics
He said one day I will return to my family but today it's dope and digging
They exploit the ppl for jade u exploit the ppl for likes y didn't u hide his identity
They just DOXXED this poor person, when he wished to be anonymous. Take the video down or edit it , otherwise you have his blood on your hands.
Brutal reality. This guy is hoping to score a mere 5K so he can get out... tough.
Hide his face. Respect the people that you interview.
IS what China doing in Myanmar worse than what Apple is doing in Congo?
I guess it's only worse in the sense that the jade either show up as jewelry or display on a shelf whereas an iPhone is something that actually have utilitarian uses. Both might be equally exploitative, one just happen to result in a more "useful" product.
So silly to see people put such value on things that have/serve no purpose other than look pretty. Although jade isn't all that pretty. Opal. Now that's pretty rock.
I wish this was 30 minutes longer
Y'all wrong as hell y'all didn't hide his identity
she said she wanted to live freely ain't nothing about transgender LOL
I would buy Jade over diamonds any day. Jades are cooler and often believed to hold spiritual energy
Yeah the spiritual energy of the dead miners
@@sazziestar202 That makes it even better
There is allot of jade in Northern California
Isn't y'know everything in Myanmar kind of dangerous because of the ethnic conflict and civil war
3:23 if that's the case then this is a piss poor effort to hide his identity then.
im hoping they used a fake name for him bc holy shit
and no one going to street and protest about this in New York like they did for palestine. what a hypocrite world we facing lol
This isn't a genocide..
Its simply because people dont know about it my man. Just because you know about it doesnt mean everyone does.
@@ahmadfahim5885 so u are saying exploiting people is ok? supporting drug trafficting is ok? and so on becouse "its not genocide" when they will start to treat people even worst then u will go and protests?
@@gintasasd That's a strange way of thinking. Of course, it's not okay to exploit people. Protesting against this is perfectly normal. I don't understand why you can't accept people protesting for multiple causes. And @endtimeslips4660, instead of saying "why people protest for that not this," if you really care, you should start protesting and raising awareness for it yourself.
@@yankiizone.1421 some how nobody cared about Palestine 5 years ago even 2 years ago if not media nobody would care hence why i say how much inhumane shit has to happened for people to do something
So sad😢
It's no different for lithium in electric cars, as far as environmentally friendly goes.
I'm not an expert in hiding identities but I know for a fact that is not how you hide someone's identity
What’s with the lipps
The man with green shirt sounded like a Naga Konyak tribe from Nagaland India
Responsibility for the guys
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You guys may have just gotten this guy murdered. Doesn't matter though, you got the story and the views/revenue coming in, right? Any respect for this channel, out the door...subscribed? Not anymore. Reported...yes!
wow an actual video saying negative things about China and saying the countries name... and then showing the faces of people explaining the way in which they operate.
I thought negative comments about China were largely banned on here
From jade to alphabet people? Tf is this video about?
Now go look who owns a large portion of the mines in africa, oh we cant talk aboout "those" people in the media
Now title a story about oil and the US financial system, the military and bombs, factory farms and animal death
Business Insider exploits people for their documentary by failing to hide the individual’s identity, I would be able to clearly identify the individual who asked to remain anonymous..shocking, disgusting and dangerous
"paid portions of his salary in free meals
"
???
Not really "illegal mining" when the ruling authority of a country allows it to happen. Exploitative and unethical sure but not illegal.
The narrator has a verbal distortion.
why you just showing the man's face like that?
crazy how a small amount of 4k can be enough for a family for the rest of thier lives. 9:26
also, hide that guy better man, houses are easy to recognise.
Between the awful title and exposing someone who requested not to be seen is journalism malpractice. Have some shame
Remind me not to disclose sensitive information to Business Insider
SOOOO SAD, OMG IM GUTTED 😢😢😢😢
Sad about the drug use, the money he spends on drugs could have re-built the home, once hooked….!
3:48 BTR-3 produced by the Ukranian regime and supplied to the Myanmar regime.
Yall dirty for what you done to that man...
Getting paid with drugs instead of money
it can't be myanmar's own fault their government is corrupt and doesn't have proper work safety procedures and take all of the profits... you have to blame it on random chinese people who just want to by jewelry.
Pretty sure I watched this video a year ago
3:15 lol sign me up
Wow! Bless GOD! This very insightful & educational, informative and enlightening ❤
clearly didnt use scafolding
what mystery ? MONEY ofc
Ethics of Business insider coming into question
Drug as wage, peak of slavery
Why would you have someone with a lisp narrate the video
same video reuploaded... do better BI... dont wake up too much
People are so dumb.
The ever benevolent Chinese strike again
Chinese again. Why can't chinese just go out from South East Asian countries and just do their business with their fellow East Asian countries?
they want to take over the world and all that's good for themselves...greed and power what else?
Drugs as wages lol
Volvo trucks are not cheap, lol
Reminds me of Africa trying to resist Western Europe.
The lisp is very distracting
PRICES ARE ABOUT TO SOUR !!!
soar...drugs fcked you homie lol
aguilar river maganda dn
Well good video if you want natural Burmese jade can follow me. Chinese love our jade and it’s 40 billion per year industry mostly in unregulated markets