Philip Thai: 1 book
China's War on Smuggling
Law, Economic Life, and the Making of the Modern State, 1842–1965
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
Smuggling along the Chinese coast has been a thorn in the side of many regimes. From opium and weapons concealed aboard foreign steamships in the Qing dynasty to nylon stockings and wristwatches trafficked in the People’s Republic, contests between state and smuggler have exerted a surprising but...
