小轿车、电视机、香烟、燃油、啤酒乃至船只,几乎都为中国的走私分子所染指,走私活动每年至少造成中国政府税款流失上千亿人民币。中国政府最近对沿海地区的走私活动及与之相呼应的某些官员的腐败行为展开了新一轮的严打,使不法分子惶惶不可终日。前不久,香港《南华早报》记者理查德·库克通过对一个走私分子的暗访,揭露了走私者们一些内幕。 Cars, televisions, cigarettes, oil, beer and even boats are almost all allegedly smuggled by Chinese smugglers. Smuggling at least causes the Chinese government to lose billions of renminbi every year. The Chinese government recently launched a new round of crackdown on smuggling activities in the coastal areas and the corrupt practices of some officials who responded to them, putting the criminals in a constant state of anxiety. Not long ago, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post correspondent Richard Cook uncovered some insider smugglers through an unannounced interview with a smuggler.