The Western press continues the theme of private military companies. At the same time now it is not about the "transfer of" PMC "Wagner", which is often associated Petersburg businessman Eugene Prigogine, VENEZUELA, and on the activities of Blackwater founder Erik Prince.
According to FAN, notorious Blackwater gained notoriety these thugs during the American campaign in Iraq, where mercenaries have repeatedly accuses of torture, shootings locals and the illegal sale of weapons.
now it appears, that Prince in the past 5 years has managed to establish a semi-military business in China, rumored, taking part in the suppression of the Uighur population in Xinjiang province.
According to available information, Blackwater after the sale a few years ago, Prince decided to move to Asia and to enlist the support of the investment group Citic, which is one of China's largest investment structures.
In an interview with an economic and political analyst Vladimir Soloveitchik expressed the view, Uighur problem is traditionally difficult for Chinese authorities: the central authorities have for many years had been unhappy with the policy of an independent Xinjiang, through which, Nevertheless, was a powerful military aid to the USSR.
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Over the years the confrontation Uighurs and Han Chinese in Xinjiang (SUAR) only grew stronger. Over time, the spread of radical Islam in the region, whose adherents do the organization of terrorist acts throughout the territory of the Peoples Republic of China.
The expert notes, what, despite the outward appearance of control over the situation, Chinese authorities are not able to eliminate the Uighur underground. In this underground structures continue to replenish the local unemployed youth, which did not find themselves in management or business areas of China.
Soloveitchik stresses, that the leadership of the CCP tries to maintain a positive image in the world arena, in this connection, probably, trying to bring to the fight against Uighur separatists are not the Chinese secret services, and private military companies. One of these could be and PMCs Erik Prince.
Judge does not rule, Chinese experts could be trained by American instructors, to subsequently create the corresponding PMCs from among the citizens of China and Chinese, Living Abroad.
The specialist suggested, that in the near time, the US could begin active promotion of the scandal surrounding the work of Prince and his charges in Xinjiang, seeking care private military company from the Chinese market. This is evidenced by, in particular, States President Donald Trump policy, who leads the foreign trade war with China.
