Monday, August 11, 2008

Safety issues in Beijing

With the tragic homicide and suicide here in Beijing on Saturday morning, people are wondering if it's safe to be spending time at Beijing's tourist locations.  Well, of course it is.

Beijing may actually be the safest city of its size in the world.  Public safety has never really been an issue of major concern in the Chinese capital.  And especially during the Olympics, the Chinese authorities have deployed literally hundreds of thousands of police and military forces to Beijing.
Obviously, some petty theft occurs in Beijing, but violent crime is really quite rare in Beijing. 

Our thoughts and prayers are with the American family who lost their father this weekend in the brutal attack in central Beijing.

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