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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820744903321

Autore

Lo Shiu Hing <1963->

Titolo

The politics of cross-border crime in greater China : case studies of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao / / Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2009

Armonk, N.Y. : , : M.E. Sharpe, , 2009

ISBN

1-00-306364-0

1-000-16142-0

1-003-06364-0

1-282-55471-9

9786612554711

0-7656-2304-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 245 pages)

Collana

Hong Kong Becoming China

Disciplina

364.1/0609514

Soggetti

Organized crime - Political aspects - China

Organized crime - China - Prevention

Organized crime - China - Hong Kong

Organized crime - China - Hong Kong - Prevention

Organized crime - China - Macau

Organized crime - China - Macau - Prevention

Espionage - China

Organized crime - Prevention - International cooperation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.