Ebook: China's War on Smuggling: Law, Economic Life, and the Making of the Modern State, 1842–1965

Philip Thai chronicles the vicissitudes of smuggling in modern China to demonstrate how defiance helped the state redefine its power. China’s War on Smuggling traces how different regimes sought to police maritime trade and the unintended consequences their campaigns unleashed, offering new insights into Chinese social, legal, and economic history.