
China-Australia relations: how smuggled lobsters take ‘grey channels’ to Chinese plates via Hong Kong – Asia – South China Morning Post
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As the summer heat began to bear down on Hong Kong in the early hours of May 21, four men loaded ice-cold styrofoam boxes onto two speedboats off a pier in the small fishing village of Lau Fau Shan in the city’s northwest.Their suspected destination was mainland China, just a few kilometres across Deep Bay, in Guangdong province, according to Hong Kong customs.One of the speedboats never made it out of Hong Kong waters. The other sped off carrying all four men as Hong Kong customs and marine…Read More
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