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 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? In 'the Chinese Heroin Trade', Noted Criminologists Ko-lin Chin And Sheldon Zhang Examine The Social Organization Of The Trafficking Of Heroin From The Golden Triangle To China And The Wholesale And Retail Distribution Of The Drug In China.