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With unflinching candor, Martin Booth -- Booker Prize nominee and author of the critically acclaimed Opium: A History -- here unfolds the full story of the Chinese Triads, which, according to UN sources, now pose the greatest potential criminal threat the world has ever known. From San... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- Hong Kong
- Chinatown
- Triad
- Shanghai
- Guangzhou
- Taiwan
- Macau
- Kuomintang
- Britain
- Usa
- Kowloon
- Amsterdam
- Singapore
- Beijing
- Guangdong
- Europe
- London
- New York
- Malaya
- Far East
- The Netherlands
- San Francisco
- Japan
- South-east Asia
- Thailand
- Nanjing
- Bangkok
- France
- North America
- Germany
- California
- Saigon
- Fujian
- Vietnam
- Hawaii
- Canada
- Guangxi
- Heaven
- Vancouver
- Penang
- San Yee
- Russia
- Rotterdam
- Republic Of China
- Xiamen
- Taipei
- Taoism
First Sentence edit
Today there are approximately 60 million Chinese living outside China.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0786707356
Page Count: 358
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0786707356
Page Count: 358
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 951
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › True Accounts › True Crime
- Books › History › Asia › China
- Books › History › World
- Books › History › Military
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