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Hong Kong Remains Center of Asian Drug Trade
In a detailed profile, John Hughes traces Hong Kong as a major opium and morphine hub. The piece describes the Preventive Service battle at sea and on shore, transit routes through Thailand and Burma, and the high addict rate fueling cross border trafficking toward the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
South China Sea
Preventive Service
Customs
Hong Kong Island
Thailand
United States
Christian Science Monitor
John Hughes
Royal
Asia
Canadian
China
Canton
Nanking
Britain
Chiu Chau
Swatow
Fukien
Yun
Nan
Burma
Laos
Malaysian Peninsula
Bangkok
Singapore
Malaysia