Beryl
This accusation asginat North Korea as source of crystal meth in China is a curious one. I explored the research that supports this claim and found that these claims seem to be partly from the realm of pure speculation and partly the usual demonization. There is some possible evidence. It seems plausible that it is the medicine of choice in N. Korea itself, but laying NE China's drug problems at the feet of the regime seems like the usual blame the outsider talk.As to China paying attention to its own faults, my sense is that, while it does so very much on its own terms, over the past 30 years, China has been the single most navel gazing nation in the world. If it is not, how do we explain the constant urge to reform?