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In China many individuals and criminal organizations involved in drug trafficking are increasingly arming themselves with automatic weapons and grenades to protect their drug shipments from theft by rival organizations. Many firefights occur along the Myanmar–China border, where larger drug shipments are more prevalent.
The illegal drug trade, drug trafficking, or narcotrafficking is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of prohibited drugs. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license , of many types of drugs through the use of drug prohibition laws .
China's staunch anti-drug stance is heavily influenced by its historical century of humiliation. Critics of China's anti-drug policies believe that China's anti-drug campaigns use fear as a tactic to manufacture consent for China's war on drugs, preventing nuanced understanding about the reasons that people use drugs, and dehumanising drug users.
China's top prosecutor urged law enforcement officials across the country on Friday to focus efforts on combating drug trafficking, capping a week in which Beijing and Washington announced a rare ...
The methamphetamine trade dates back to around the 1990s, with the regime known to have trafficked drugs to China's Jilin Province, later being sent to countries such as the Philippines, the United States, Hong Kong, Thailand, western Africa and others. [63] In 2001, income from illegal drugs amounted to between $500 million and $1 billion.
American and Chinese officials committed Tuesday to working together to stem the flow of fentanyl into the United States, the head of a visiting U.S. delegation said. The U.S. is seeking more ...
The two leaders announced a plan to target Chinese chemicals and equipment that go into fentanyl production.
Growing domestic drug abuse is a significant problem in PRC. [20] Available estimates place the domestic spending on illegal drugs to be $17 billion. [23] Drug abuse has spread rapidly in China since its re-emergence as a national problem in the late 1980s. China's drug problem doesn't seem to be abating much.