This book provides readers with the first survey of social conditions since the opening of the
borders between China and mainland Southeast Asia in the early 1990s. There have been …

This chapter will explore the potentialities and challenges of mapping human trafficking in
the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS): Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and …

Background Rising nativism and political volatility worldwide threaten to undermine hard-
won achievements in human rights and public health. Risks are particularly acute for …

By analysing the complex issues surrounding internal and cross-border human trafficking in
Asia, and asserting critical perspectives and methodologies, this book extends the range of …

This chapter is a preliminary attempt to share some thoughts on two topics that have
compelled attention—public or private—in most human societies: sex and drugs. Or more …

Burma/Myanmar has been the epicenter of human trafficking and unsafe migration in
mainland Southeast Asia. While “root causes” of trafficking are always complex, clearly …

It is over fifteen years since I started researching the trade in minority girls and women in the
Upper Mekong Region; in particular, its relationship to the political ecology of opium …

The past decade has witnessed an exponential increase in the traffic in girls and women
from Myanmar and Yunnan into Thailand for the sex industry. Moreover, with the opening of …