ABSTRACT
The idea was to deploy more private security firms and personnel under the supervision of the provincial and municipal police, maximizing the capacity of crime control. At the national level, the People’s Republic of China state has responded actively to the proliferation of cross-border crime since the 1990s. The swift response by the state at the central level to cross-border crime has been accompanied by provincial reactions. Despite the Guangdong provincial government’s determination to combat crime, the alliance between criminal elements and bureaucratic corruption remains a frustrating problem in the province. The undermanned Shenzhen police force must be replenished if the authorities intend to improve law and order in the notoriously crime-infested city. Mainland crime syndicates have traditionally viewed the Hong Kong people as lucrative targets. Crime in Guangdong has affected Hong Kong businesspeople to such an extent that they eventually organized themselves to lobby the local governments for positive changes.
