China's Private Army Protecting the New Silk Road
This book illustrates the role that Private Security Companies (PSC) with ‘Chinese characteristics’ play in protecting people and property associated with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The revival of the ancient Silk Road economic “belt,” combined w
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Alessandro Arduino
China’s Private Army
Alessandro Arduino
China’s Private Army Protecting the New Silk Road
Alessandro Arduino Co-Director Security & Crisis Management Program Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences—UNITO Shanghai, China
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This book is dedicated to Gian Matteo with the hope that he will always be able to find his moral compass in any uncharted territory.
Acknowledgements
The core insights of this volume are based on interviews and workshops that were carried out in China and along the Belt and Road. I would like to extend my personal thanks to many people who devoted their precious time to shed light on the privatization of the Chinese state’s monopoly of force. Some experts and practitioners prefer to be anonymous, but I want you to know that without your support and knowledge I could not have accomplished this task. I am indebted to many friends and colleagues and would like to acknowledge the intellectual support of Dr Paul Cole in challenging, more often bluntly than not, my early drafts; Prof. Li Yihai for supporting my quest; Prof. Li Mingjiang for believing in a future for Chinese Private Security research; and Dr James Dorsey for his sharp critique and for pointing me towards new sources of information. Raffaello, Jianming, Yaniv, Mick, Ker
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