The Politics of Cross-Border Crime in Greater China: Case Studies of Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao (Hong Kong Becoming China)

Half-title
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Series Page
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Title
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Copyright
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Contents
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List of Tables
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List of Abbreviations
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Series Editors’ Foreword
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Acknowledgments
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The Concept of Transborder Crime
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Organized Crime and the State
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Transborder Crime and the Changing Role of the State
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Transborder Crime and Interstate/Intergovernmental Cooperation
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The Case of Greater China
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Socioeconomic Interactions and Transborder Crime
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Art Crime
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Car-Crashing Syndicates, Highway Robberies, Murders, and Assassinations
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Cross-Border Begging
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Computer and Internet Crime
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Counterfeiting
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Triad Activities
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Drug Trafficking and Loan Sharking
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Fraud
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Hijacking
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Illegal Gambling
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Illegal Workers
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Kidnapping
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Money Laundering
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Human Smuggling
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Smuggling of Goods and Products
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Weapons Smuggling
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Media Piracy
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Prostitution
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Cross-Border Theft and Robbery
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The Changing Patterns of Transborder Crime
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2. The PRC State Response at National, Provincial, and Local Levels
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Response at Provincial and Local Levels: Guangdong, Shenzhen, and the Pearl River Delta
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Persistence of Art Crime
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Antidrug Trafficking Campaigns
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Combating Highway Robberies
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Tackling Counterfeiting and Fraud
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Antigambling Efforts
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Cross-Border Kidnapping
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Mainlanders’ Visits to Hong Kong
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Triads, the Mainland Democracy Movement, and PRC Reactions
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Antiprostitution
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Antismuggling Efforts
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Anticrime Campaigns
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Police Performance and the “Protective Umbrella”
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Anticorruption
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Judicial Reforms
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Media Scrutiny in Mainland China and Hong Kong
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South China: The Weak Central State Versus the Strong Mafia States
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Art Crime
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Assassinations
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Antipiracy and Internet Crime
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Counterfeiting
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Cross-Border Thefts, Cell Phone Smuggling, and Loan Sharking
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Illegal Gambling
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The Narcotics Trade
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Antismuggling
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Response to Cross-Border Money Laundering
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Anticrime Policy in Hong Kong and South China
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Antiprostitution Raids
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Anti-Triads Operations
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Police Performance and Effectiveness
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The Role of the Independent Commission Against Corruption
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Prison Management
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Youth Problems and Cross-Border Crime
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Summary
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Cross-Border Crime and Politics from Colonial to Postcolonial Macao
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Reform of Disciplinary Forces
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Anticorruption and Its Limits
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The Case of Ao Man Long
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Casinos, Organized Crime, and Beijing’s United Front
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Casino Competition, the Balance of Power, and Cross-Border Crime
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Money Laundering Involving North Korea
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The Macao Government’s Response to North Korean “Money Laundering”
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Tackling Cross-Border Crime and Local Crime
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Stemming the Tide of Cross-Border Illegal Workers
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Public Scrutiny
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Macao’s Postcolonial State and Organized Crime
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Taiwan and Mainland China
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Hong Kong and the PRC
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Taiwan’s Response to Terrorism
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Hong Kong’s Response to Terrorism
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Macao’s Response to Terrorism
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Summary
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6. Intergovernmental and Regional Cooperation
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Macao and Hong Kong
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Macao and Taiwan
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Mainland China and Taiwan
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Sino-Hong Kong Cooperation and Its Limitations
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Legal Relations Between Hong Kong and Mainland China
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Problems of Cross-Border Departmental Cooperation
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Summary
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Embedded Autonomy and the Combat Against Transborder Crime
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Transborder Crime, the State, and Economic Liberalization
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Transborder Crime and Intergovernmental Cooperation
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Multiple Jurisdictions and Problems of Intergovernmental Cooperation
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Introduction
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1. Types and Patterns of Transborder Crime in Greater China
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2. The PRC State Response at National, Provincial, and Local Levels
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3. Cross-Border Crime and the Postcolonial State in Hong Kong
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4. Response of the Postcolonial State in Macao
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5. Espionage and Terrorism
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6. Intergovernmental and Regional Cooperation
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7. Conclusion
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Glossary
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Bibliography
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Index
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About the Series Editors
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