January 28, Hydropower Corporation, 29 employees were the rebels of the Sudan – Sudan People’s Liberation Movement The two governments are still efforts to rescue. Only three days, there are 25 Chinese workers in Egypt’s Sinai region local shellfish vary from person to person detained, but fortunately soon be released in full.
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In recent years, Chinese companies have moved overseas footprint into North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, the unstable situation in the region. The ensuing attacks there is a growing trend. According to incomplete statistics, since 2007, similar to Sudan kidnap such event there were 13 cases, seven of which occurred in Africa, attacked mostly petroleum, construction, and mining companies, expatriates.
Who will protect the safety of overseas Chinese workers? Experts and industry insiders have a variety of overseas security policy including to send troops to rescue the development of civil security,
Put put, But his mind was filled with another 29 missing Chinese workers.
These days, Chen Xiao Xing pay close attention to two cases of kidnapping for the Chinese people. Worked in Africa for over ten years of his empathy for such a crisis. His heart more than the security of the root chord: the workers can not relax. Who are familiar with Africa, Nigeria granted the Ibo clan chiefs the title of Chinese entrepreneurs, he accumulated over the years security experience to the
Chen stars Due to the complexity of Africa’s national conditions, the Chinese enterprises should learn to various people, to establish a broad network of relationships. Local businesses, organizations, local elders, and even snakes, should be a good relationship. local trade unions, youth organizations and local forces, by the enterprises themselves solve the problem.
Over the years, Chen star within the company to establish preventive measures, not only the formation and internal communication mechanisms, including embassies, news media, including, also set up their own security teams. Chen star also encouraged to psychological barriers, to reduce security risks.
Seek
Chinese workers abducted in Sudan, the Sudanese government in time to meet the Chinese Government to the rescue. Khaled Saad, the Sudanese military spokesman announced on January 30, Sudanese government forces have recently hijacking in South Kordofan, additional troops and to strengthen the logistical support in order to wipe out the region’s anti-government armed .
The former Chinese Ambassador Cui Yongqian in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said in an interview with occur, anti-government groups continue to attack to the government for various reasons, or even attack with the government and from the foreign staff. For these cases, local governments are well aware, and therefore have the responsibility to increase the security of Chinese officials.
Chen star also said that as such a large state-owned enterprises generally and local government security cooperation. In addition, in recent years, many Chinese enterprises under the leadership of the Chinese Embassy with the local government signed a cooperation agreement the Chinese company into the other country’s security system, thus ending the original fragmented, the lack of systematic protection situation.
Foreign security companies ready to come
In addition to the host government’s asylum and self defense, He Wenping, CASS African Studies Research Office, the World Business News analysis of the security measures of other options, one of which is the establishment of specialized foreign security companies.
According to At present, China’s domestic security company is still sound, the size is not large, and the service is still domestic-based.
There have been media reports in 2004, a Ningbo businessmen to open a bodyguard company, prefer to give the overseas Chinese people to provide security news. This company is said to bring together the parties of the elite special forces, the Guard Bureau, the Marine Corps was born. In October 2010, the Shandong Warwick Security Group established its first overseas security service center was established in Beijing. Private security company set up to provide personal and property security services for overseas Chinese and Chinese enterprises, and its first target market is set in Iraq.
Point of view, when necessary, to send special forces to rescue kidnapping victims. He Wenping, said: , but also on the kidnappers of a deterrent, but also very efficient. Chen star also said that the danger of some major projects, special forces deployed to protect, is a good choice, but only to be familiar with local conditions and have accurate information.
Consular protection was too weak
China’s Foreign Ministry data show that China’s outbound average annual growth of 30%, exceeded 60 million people in 2010 and 2011 exceeded 75 million people. Chinese people going abroad for a growing number of today, become an important topic of the Chinese government to strengthen consular protection.
Li Wei, director of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, counter-terrorism research center, said, respond more quickly and spent more national resources has played a positive role for the prevention of risks and reduce losses.
According to Li Wei, a security risk are mainly three categories: one category is not controllable risks, such as Libya and Somalia’s civil war; The second type is a controllable risk, mainly referring to the different forms of organization for Chinese overseas interests terrorist attacks occurred in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Latin America; The last category is the normal risk of, for example, the Chinese man was robbed in Rome event.
However, a set of numbers, it also illustrates the difficulties encountered by the Chinese consular protection. It is understood that the Chinese consular protection of resources is relatively limited, especially with a serious shortage. Chinese embassies, consulates, only 600 people do the work of consular protection, according to the exit for 60 million passengers in 2010, each officer a year to provide for 10 million people may need consular protection, China is a: 100 000, the United States, 1:5000.
Li Wei believes that Chinese citizens and enterprises in the overseas security officials and the public the road, we must take. The one hand, the state should provide protection in early warning of security risks and the policies and regulations; the other hand, businesses and individuals need to strengthen coordination with host countries, and jointly developed security measures.
In this regard, Chen Xiao Xing strongly about this. as some particularly dangerous place, simply do not let them go.
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