alternative-development-or-business-as-usual-china-s-opium-substitution-policy-in-burma-and-laos

This brief discusses the effectiveness of China's opium substitution policy. A significant amount of opium and heroin on the market in China originates in northern Burma, Thailand and Laos. To counter this threat, the Chinese government has launched opium substitution programs such as rubber plantations and farms growing sugarcane, tea and corn. The crop substitution scheme, as well as China's resource and trade diplomacy, are discussed.