Much of China's activities abroad inevitably requires the provision of solutions of safety issues. Also in 2012 The Diplomat, American published an article, devoted to the prospects of the Chinese activities of PMCs. Translations of her pieces are also widely dispersed to the Russian-speaking segment of the network. The material itself has not lost relevance to the present day, but at the time of its publication, At first, Four years have passed, Secondly, China declared strategy “one belt – one way”, making large-scale infrastructure projects abroad a priority of its foreign policy. Online On the eve provides an analysis, security companies like Celestial solve problems, which in the West transferred to private military companies.
According to estimates The Diplomat, nearly 5 million Chinese citizens and more 16 thousand. large Chinese companies to legally work abroad. Only in the Chinese state-owned companies and corporations outside of China has about 300 thousand. human. Many of these individuals and companies are working with risk to life and security. Over 50 Chinese companies these employees have been killed since 2004 by 2012 gg. in the world's trouble spots, not to mention the missing, robbed, beaten, stolen. IN China has its own growing from year to year commercial interests abroad, It has investments, there are people and objects, transport routes, which require protection. Unlike the citizens of Western countries, interests of a large Chinese presence in the world almost no protection.
For the first time in the focus of attention of the world media, Chinese security companies were in 2004 city, when one of the firms in China began to actively offer their services for the protection of VIPs Chinese commercial companies abroad. It was about the services of bodyguards, who were recruited from former members of special military and police units in China. AT 2007 year for the protection of 600 Chinese diplomats in the country has established a special bureau of consular protection abroad, which was responsible for the security of embassies and diplomats in the event of an attack or evacuation, but that the officers did not have weapons. AT 2009 g. in the Chinese press seriously discussed the possibility of sending the Chinese police forces to protect the copper mines of Chinese companies in Afganistane.Naibolshy noise in the media rose to 2012 city, when in Sudan in January it was captured 29 Chinese workers (another was killed) and in the operation to rescue them, along with the Sudanese military engaged and armed Chinese contractors unnamed Chinese PMCs.
Benefits of visiting Chinese PMCs for Chinese companies clear: they are cheap, professional, and most importantly - they own, native, speak their language. Chinese businesses do not have to hire a local useless security in hot spots, which itself same and surrender of foreign workers at the first sign of danger, and do not lose face, pride and company secrets, hiring Western private military companies.
Cons PMC formation of Chinese industry in the world: yet little experience of working abroad, language barriers, not always the most positive attitude of local people to the growing number of Chinese in their countries.
Chinese shipping companies require protection from pirates and also not averse to put on board an armed Chinese security, as the Chinese navy services is not enough. Over recent years, Somali pirates have captured only a dozen Chinese ships off the coast of Africa. Chinese naval PMCs have become a more than adequate response to the courts under the Chinese flag, and ships with a predominant amount-Chinese sailors on board.
Another obstacle - a lack of necessary domestic legislation, indecision Chinese authorities themselves and their well-founded fear, that the emergence of the Chinese armed fighters whether on “black continent” or in another part of the world as part of the PMC (as a result: Possible clashes and death-local-random-rebel terrorist thugs civil) can put bold cross on the vantage point “of political interference” China in the affairs of other powers.
Officially, China has consistently denied its involvement in the operations of PMCs abroad. for example, Chinese side categorically denied reports about the use of Chinese in Sudan PMCs from Wall Street Journal. stated, if only participated in the operation, Sudanese soldiers, some of which had equipment, delivered from China. AT 2013 g. website published a series of photos, presumably, Chinese employees of PMCs, made in the territory of Myanmar. In this country, many farms and businesses owned by businessmen from China, interests and guarded by men with guns in uniforms without insignia. Interesting, that when they – not widespread in the world of the Soviet “Kalashnikovs”, or Chinese type analog-56, and Western-made weapons: Beretta 92, Norinco и Ruger P89.
in winter – spring 2015 city, when in Kokang near the Burma-China border was renewed civil war, Myanmar media have repeatedly claimed that the killing or capture of Chinese officers. true, as evidence were presented only snapshots of men of Asian appearance in civilian clothes.
Some Chinese media have admitted participation in the war volunteers from China, that, perhaps, previously served in law enforcement agencies. The position of the official Beijing is, that all who fought the Chinese in Myanmar – ethnic Han, the natives of this country, and none of the Chinese citizens in the fighting did not participate. But so far there is no evidence of the participation of the Chinese armed forces and PMCs in the conflict in Kokang.
meanwhile, All three mentioned The Diplomat-prototype of PMCs are continuing their work to this day. So, Online “Shandong Huawei” mentioned, the company is privately managed, but established in 2010 g. based on previously existing public security structure. In September 2014 g. Hong Kong Chinese security industry alliance has been created (Chinese Security Industrial Alliance), abbreviated CSIA, united around 50 security companies from China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Among them are mentioned earlier “Shandong Huawei”. In this way, activities of PSCs and PMCs prototypes built in the conditional “Chinese world”: professionals in the security industry in China join forces with an unfriendly Beijing Taiwan. December 2014 g. office “Shandong Huawei” opened in Yohanessburg in South Africa, in this way, the company became the first Chinese enterprises, provides services and protection of Chinese businessmen immigrants, located in Africa.
It is also interesting, that 2014 g. periodically there are data on the cooperation of Chinese security companies with Russia. So, for the Asian press reports, “Shandong Huawei” starts cooperation with Russian companies, specializes in the development of security technologies. 29 October 2014 g. strategic agreement was signed in Beijing between “Khuavei” and now “Rostec”. It related to such issues, as the safe transport of dangerous goods and secret; introduction of, installation and maintenance of security systems and fire safety equipment; Information Security. As part of this delegation technological cooperation “Khuavei” in August 2015 He was also visited Russia.
Another sensational private company - Alfa-Angel (Beijing Co), established in Beijing veteran special forces of the army of Israel Adi Thalmor, China holds the basic safety courses for employees of Chinese companies, working in the Middle East. Division staff consists of approximately 130 fighters – former employees of Chinese security forces. Preference is given to serving in the Marine Corps, an elite anti-terrorist unit “Snow Leopard” or special divisions of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Wherein, officially offered only service training of security personnel and the risk assessment. Among the clients of Alfa-angel on the site listed Chinese oil giants CNPC and Sinopec. Компания Beijing General Security Service, actively working with foreign clients in China, It founded back in 1996 city, and does not hurry to enter the international market, counting, that in addition to the lack of domestic legislation governing, Chinese men are not yet in a position to match the level of training and experience with the staff of western PMCs and not willing to work in hot spots. While management Beijing General Security Service, and recognizes, that a number of Chinese security companies, not really flaunting its activities for political and legal reasons, working abroad. In this way, China still PMCs encounters a number of obstacles.
Yet it should be noted, what, At first, as in Russia, activity is military companies are not permitted by law, and therefore they have to conduct formal activities as security companies (as “Shandong Huawei”) or consulting firms, how Alfa-Angel. Secondly, China has refrained from participating in the war on the territories of other countries operations and therefore simply does not need the informal armed structures like the American Blackwater. Thirdly, in humanitarian and peacekeeping operations, Beijing is always striving to show a positive image of its security forces. The most striking example – amphibious assault in Yemen in order to save foreign, mainly Pakistani, Citizens in March last year,.
China then openly used his official armed forces. Similarly, the situation is evolving and Somali coasts. Instead of using guards from PMC, China has equipped naval base in Djibouti and sent to protect shipping its fleet. Well, besides, Western media two years ago feared, like those, what “Chinese PMCs take over the world”. However, it is now clear, that their efforts are not enough even for one hundred percent provide Chinese citizens abroad: eg, last year militants LIH forbidden in Russia was killed A Beijing Fang Jinghui, a few weeks ago in South Africa they were kidnapped and released only after negotiations and payment of ransom 11 Chinese citizens. As it appears, the role of armed security units will increase after the increase in China's foreign activity, but this process is still developing quite slowly, On the eve concludes.
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