China cracks down on fentanyl networks after U.S. pressure
Beijing — China has arrested seven people and subjected 12 more to “criminal compulsory measures” in a campaign targeting traffickers in fentanyl precursor chemicals, state media said on Thursday, following pressure from the United States.
China’s first wide-publication in years of legal action that has led to the arrests of traffickers also follows weekend trade talks with the United States to prepare for a summit originally planned for the end of the month of the U.S. and Chinese leaders in Beijing.
U.S. President Donald Trump has postponed the visit over the Iran war, but said he would take the trip to Asia in “about five or six weeks”.
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