China's anti-drug campaign in the reform era / Zhou Yongming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhou, Yongming, 1963-

Series:

East Asian Institute Contemporary China Series

East Asian Institute (EAI) contemporary China series ; no. 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse--China.

Drug abuse.

Drug abuse--China--Prevention.

Drug control--China.

Drug control.

Drug traffic--China.

Drug traffic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (36 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hong Kong : World Scientific ; Singapore : Singapore University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume deals with the re-emergence of the drug problem in China in the reform era and the ways in which the authorities deal with it. Riding on a sweeping victory over the nationalists, the newly established communist government in the early 1950s was thorough and decisive in stamping out the drug problem that had plagued the country for centuries. What made the Chinese government's effort effective then were mass campaigns and China's almost total isolation from the outside world. In the reform era, however, with marketization and the country's increasing integration into the capitalist

Contents:

CONTENTS; CHINA'S ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN IN THE REFORM ERA; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; CHINA'S ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN IN THE REFORM ERA; Suppression and Reemergence of Drugs in the People's Republic; Phase One: Depoliticizing the Drug Issue; Phase Two: Mass Campaign against Drug Trafficking; Phase Three: China Becomes a Drug-Consumption Market; Recent Developments; Appendix; 1. Death Penalty Criteria for Drug Offences in Several Asian Countries; 2. Executions of Drug Traffickers in Dehong and Baoshan Prefectures in Yunnan; 3. Positive HIV Carriers and AIDS Cases by Group in China, 1985-1990; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789812792969

9812792961