China Signpost 洞察中国™ #2 Quoted in Wall Street Journal Blog
Jason Dean, “Manila Response Shows Pressure on Beijing,” China Real Time Report, Wall Street Journal, 25 August 2010.
China’s state media continued Wednesday to give big play to the killings of Hong Kong tourists in Manila, in particular trumpeting the official response from Beijing. …
Andrew Erickson, an associate professor in the Strategic Research Department at the U.S. Naval War College, argues that Beijing’s efforts to protect Chinese overseas are likely to increase. In an article published this month titled “Looking After China’s Own: Pressure to Protect PRC Citizens Working Overseas Likely to Rise,” he says that “Several factors increase the likelihood that the Chinese government may be more able and willing to respond with force to future hostage situations or other targeted violence against PRC citizens.”
They include the growing strength of the Chinese navy and the “Chinese leadership’s increasingly assertive worldview as the country emerges strongly from the deep global economic recession.” …
For original article, see Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collins, “Looking After China’s Own: Pressure to Protect PRC Citizens Working Overseas Likely to Rise,” China Signpost (洞察中国)™, No. 2 (17 August 2010).
