The Chinese Heroin Trade : Cross-Border Drug Trafficking in Southeast Asia and Beyond /
In a country long associated with the trade in opiates, the Chinese government has for decades applied extreme measures to curtail the spread of illicit drugs, only to find that the problem has worsened. Burma is blamed as the major producer of illicit drugs and conduit for the entry of drugs into C...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2015]
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Summary: | In a country long associated with the trade in opiates, the Chinese government has for decades applied extreme measures to curtail the spread of illicit drugs, only to find that the problem has worsened. Burma is blamed as the major producer of illicit drugs and conduit for the entry of drugs into China. Which organizations are behind the heroin trade? What problems and prospects of drug control in the so-called "Golden Triangle" drug-trafficking region are faced by Chinese and Southeast Asian authorities? |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781479832514 |