China is known to be the ''safest place in the world'', even
with their rising crime rate on foreigners. Recently, a worried man in china
spoke very little English but he told the Australian tourist that he was sorry,
as he opened his jacket with explosives strapped to his body. Several Chinese
people have been robbing and killing tourists for coming to their country. Most
people who travel to China for their jobs are being killed, used out of their
money, and robbed by Chinese men. There was an incident in Xian, which is
china's most popular city for tourist. This incident was an embarrassment to
China since they were preparing for the spotlight for the Olympics. The U.S
Government was Americans who travel to China to be aware of the beatings, carjacks,
muggings, and robberies. This is a big issue because many Americans are coming
to China and either losing their life or getting robbed just for being a
tourist. Crime is steadily increasing in these areas of China but they still
claim that they are the ''safest'' place in the world. If more people went to
China, The crime would increase more rapidly because the Chinese may feel as
though people are trying to do something they shouldn’t be doing or trying to
take over their country. The booming economy draws millions to China to work,
study and travel, and criminals increasingly are defying a culture that has
long considered foreigners inviolate. China’s Public Security reports that last
year it counted 289,000 robberies and 171,000 bag-snatchings overall, a tiny
number for a country of 1.3 billion people. But it reported only that murder
and kidnapping were down 10 percent and 1.5 percent respectively from the year
before, without giving the number of cases.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/world/asia/17iht-crime.1.11179742.html
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