Chin M Lin

Chin Lin Sou was 22 years old when he came to the United States in 1859 from China. He worked on the transcontinental railroad and the gold fields of Colorado. Chin Lin Sou was a natural leader who eventually became a wealthy businessman. He was often referred to as the mayor of Denver’s Chinatown.G...

The President's Commission on Organized Crime predicted that Asian crime groups would be the United States' foremost organized crime problem by the 1990s. There are few comprehensive studies on the nature and scope of these groups. Ko-lin Chin warns that our limited law enforcement resources will be...

The Golden Triangle region that joins Burma, Thailand, and Laos is one of the global centers of opiate and methamphetamine production. Opportunistic Chinese businessmen and leaders of various armed groups are largely responsible for the manufacture of these drugs. The region is defined by the appare...

This examination of the intractable international problem of human smuggling shows how flaws in national policies and lax law enforcement perpetuate the problem. The author argues that it will continue as long as China's citizens are deprived of fundamental human rights and economic security.