China’s state-run news agency says Beijing police have put all medium- to large-sized malls and supermarkets under a yellow security alert, with plans for a greater police presence and all public trash bins being checked every 30 minutes.
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Yang Shu, a counter-terrorism expert at Lanzhou University in northwest China, said the threat’s high profile and focus on Westerners could mark a first for Beijing.
Beijing police tightened security around a bar and shopping area popular with foreigners on Thursday as embassies issued warnings for their citizens to be on guard against possible threats against Westerners.
A Christmas-time threat targeting Westerners in Beijing led to heightened security Thursday in a tourist-friendly area of the Chinese capital. The UK Embassy has issued the same guidance to British Government Staff.
The government blamed that incident on Islamist militants from China’s unruly far western region of Xinjiang, where hundreds have died in unrest in recent years.
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Beijing authorities have issued a yellow security alert – the lowest on a three-tier system – to last through Christmas weekend, according to a statement by the city government’s media office. Camouflage-clad paramilitary police were deployed in Sanlitun and other areas across the city. Christmas is not an official holiday in China.
