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The politics of cross-border crime in greater China : case studies of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao / Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lo, Shiu Hing, 1963-
- Series:
- Hong Kong becoming China.
- Hong Kong Becoming China
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Organized crime--Political aspects--China--Case studies.
- Organized crime.
- Organized crime--China--Prevention--Case studies.
- Organized crime--China--Hong Kong.
- Organized crime--China--Hong Kong--Prevention.
- Organized crime--China--Macau.
- Organized crime--China--Macau--Prevention.
- Espionage--China.
- Espionage.
- Organized crime--Prevention--International cooperation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 245 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2009.
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Organized crime has been on the rise in the Greater Chine region since the People's Republic opened up its economy and society in the mid-1980s. This book provides a detailed and comprehensive study of how the state at the central and local levels has responded to the changing patterns and activities of cross-border crime in Greater China.
- Contents:
- Types and patterns of transborder crime in greater China
- The PRC state response at national, provincial, and local levels
- Cross-border crime and the postcolonial state in Hong Kong
- Response of the postcolonial state in Macao
- Espionage and terrorism
- Intergovernmental and regional cooperation.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-233) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612554711
- 9781003063643
- 1003063640
- 9781000161427
- 1000161420
- 9781282554719
- 1282554719
- 9780765623041
- 0765623048
- OCLC:
- 608692407
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