China’s compulsory drug detention centres attract international criticism for human right violations. As such they are a key site of contestation between China’s government and Western human rights advocacy organisations. The issue is framed as a contest between ‘health’ and ‘criminalisation’ models in which a central organising concept is that of addiction.

SSAC MPhil student Judy Chang presented her research on these issues at this year’s International Harm Reduction Conference in Kuala Lumpur. Her poster can be viewed here.