Boshe
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Boshe ( ) is a village in Jiaxi, Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong province of China. The village has been in existence from at least the 13th century. As of January 2014, Boshe's population totaled about 14,000. The village has attracted international attention for being a long time centre for meth and ketamine production, and has been called "China’s number one drug village" and "the Breaking Bad village" by the international press, and was nicknamed "The Fortress" by locals. Chinese authorities successfully raided it in December 2013, but drug production in the village has continued.
Boshe ( ) is a village in Jiaxi, Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong province of China. The village has been in existence from at least the 13th century. As of January 2014, Boshe's population totaled about 14,000. The village has attracted international attention for being a long time centre for meth and ketamine production, and has been called "China’s number one drug village" and "the Breaking Bad village" by the international press, and was nicknamed "The Fortress" by locals. Chinese authorities successfully raided it in December 2013, but drug production in the village has continued.
In popular culture
The 2013 raid of Boshe has become the storyline of the 2019 Chinese series The Thunder.
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