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The triads as business / Yiu Kong Chu.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 6.Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 167 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0203171705
  • 9780203171707
  • 0203030001
  • 9780203030004
  • 9780415170925
  • 0415170923
  • 0203175255
  • 9780203175255
  • 9786610330829
  • 6610330824
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Triads as business.DDC classification:
  • 364.1/06/095125 21
LOC classification:
  • HV6437 .C49 2000eb
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Triads, business, and markets -- pt. I. The triads. 2. Origins. 3. Organisation -- pt. II. Legal markets. 4. Protection against extortionists. 5. Protection against competitors: traditional operations. 6. Protection against competitors: recent operations. 7. Dispute settlement -- pt. III. Illegal markets. 8. Drug dealing. 9. Gambling. 10. Prostitution -- pt. IV. International markets. 11. Drug trafficking. 12. Human smuggling -- pt. V. Implications and reflections. 13. Are triads extortionists, entrepreneurs, or protectors? 14. International triad movement: emigration or reversion? 15. New directions in the study of triads -- Appendix 1. Data sources -- Appendix 2. The formation of the Tiandihui -- Appendix 3. The 14K -- Appendix 4. Translation of a triad expulsion order -- Appendix 5. The Big Circle Boys -- Appendix 6. An actress's experience with triads.
Summary: Based on interviews with ex members and triad victims, police from Hong Kong, mainland China and Europe, and documentary evidence, The Triads as Business gives a compelling picture of the triads as part of a wider society.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-161) and index.

1. Triads, business, and markets -- pt. I. The triads. 2. Origins. 3. Organisation -- pt. II. Legal markets. 4. Protection against extortionists. 5. Protection against competitors: traditional operations. 6. Protection against competitors: recent operations. 7. Dispute settlement -- pt. III. Illegal markets. 8. Drug dealing. 9. Gambling. 10. Prostitution -- pt. IV. International markets. 11. Drug trafficking. 12. Human smuggling -- pt. V. Implications and reflections. 13. Are triads extortionists, entrepreneurs, or protectors? 14. International triad movement: emigration or reversion? 15. New directions in the study of triads -- Appendix 1. Data sources -- Appendix 2. The formation of the Tiandihui -- Appendix 3. The 14K -- Appendix 4. Translation of a triad expulsion order -- Appendix 5. The Big Circle Boys -- Appendix 6. An actress's experience with triads.

Based on interviews with ex members and triad victims, police from Hong Kong, mainland China and Europe, and documentary evidence, The Triads as Business gives a compelling picture of the triads as part of a wider society.

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