Word: fujian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...smuggling cases show how rewarding the business has become. Just since 1988, authorities have arrested 30 smugglers along the U.S.-Canadian border. The top gun: Cheng Chui-Ping, 41, a woman who was nabbed in Vancouver in December. Cheng, who began life as a peasant in southern China's Fujian province, has allegedly built a $30 million fortune by smuggling thousands of Chinese into New York City. Cheng has gone free on $50,000 bail, and officials fear that she is back in business. "Cheng is the biggest we've ever arrested, but she's not even...