| China's Anti-Drug Campaign in the Reform Era Contributor(s): Zhou, Yongming (Author) |
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ISBN: 9810242905 ISBN-13: 9789810242909 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $10.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: Prepared by the East Asian Institute, NUS, which promotes research on East Asian developments particularly the political, economic and social development of contemporary China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), this series of research reports is intended for policy makers and readers who want to keep abreast of the latest developments in China. This volume deals with the reemergence of the drug problem in China in the reform era and the ways in which the authorities deal with it. While highly successful in the 1950s, the effectiveness of the old methods has been called into question in the reform era of marketization and the country's increasing integration into the capitalistic world economy. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Medical - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Business & Economics | Exports & Imports |
| Dewey: 363 |
| Series: East Asian Institute Contemporary China |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 5.59" W x 8.03" (0.14 lbs) 36 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
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| Publisher Description: 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 world economy, the effectiveness of the old methods has been called into question. Severe punishment of offenders has failed to curb the spread of drug trafficking, and mass campaigns have aroused scant interest from the populace. The much-reduced efficacy of the government's anti-drug efforts due to the changed macro-environment implies that the drug problem in China will persist if not worsen. |