Boshe

Boshe (Chinese: 博社村) is a village[1] in Jiaxi (甲西镇), Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong province of China.[2][3] The village has been in existence from at least the 13th century.[4]

This article is about the village. For the person, see Lü Boshe.
Not to be confused with Bosche Range, Bosh, or Boche.
Boshe

博社村
Village
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuangdong
Prefecture-level cityShanwei
County-level cityLufeng
TownJiaxi (甲西镇)

For years it has been a production centre for meth as well as ketamine. It was nicknamed "The Fortress" and "Breaking Bad village" as a consequence. The authorities finally raided it in December 2013 but appear to have failed to stamp out drug production.[5]

According to Xinhua News Agency the region is "plagued with rampant drug production and trafficking". "Over a third of meth consumed in China originates from Boshe and neighbouring villages" and "one in five families is directly involved in drug production".[6]

The 2013 raid of Boshe has become the storyline of the 2019 Chinese series The Thunder.[7]

References
  1. "Bo She Cun, Lufeng Shi, Shanwei Shi, Guangdong Sheng, China". Google Maps. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. 2017年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：甲西镇 [2017 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Jiaxi Town] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2018. 441581118204 220 博社村委会
  3. 甲西镇 [Jiaxi Town]. 行政区划网站 www.xzqh.org (in Chinese). 行政区划网站/区划地名网站 (Administrative Divisions Web/District Geographic Names Web). 25 June 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2018. 【邮编】516538【2011年代码及城乡分类】441581118：{...}～204 220博社村{...}
  4. Phillips, Tom. Inside China's number one drug village: Dispatch, The Daily Telegraph 8 January 2014
  5. BBC News - The Ketamine Connection
  6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42403250
  7. "Streaming platform iQiyi's true-crime adaptation 'The Thunder' to tackle one of the Chinese mainland's largest drug busts". The Global Times. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2020.


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