bs2<p>&gt; The firm has spent more than a decade building an elaborate smuggling operation to protect what's become its most valuable commodity in China... With employees on the scene year-round, the firm can optimize profits on the drug — which is still legal in the United States, but illegal in China...<br> <br> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/DrugRunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugRunning</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ChinaTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChinaTrade</span></a> compared in the book to <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/PabloEscobar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PabloEscobar</span></a> and the <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/AndeanTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndeanTrade</span></a></p>