Recently, foreigners in China have been attacked in China.In June, four Americans coached in Beihua University, Jilin Province, were attacked by a knife while walking in the park.A 50 -year -old criminals were arrested. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that the case was not specifically for foreigners or Americans, but an occasional incident. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that China is one of the safest countries in the world.The U.S. government has not specially raised this incident to the diplomatic level, and it has no great impact on US -China relations.
At the end of the same month, the school bus was attacked in a Japanese school bus occurred in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. In addition to the Japanese mother and child were injured, the flight attendant on the school bus Chinese female Hu Youping was seriously injured and eventually died.The Japanese mothers and school -age boys were attacked in their 30s. The mother was waiting for a child to go home at the time.After the incident, Japanese schools across China increased their alert level.
At the same time, the Japanese attacks occurred at the same place two months ago were also exposed.After the incident, a 50 -year -old man was arrested as a suspect, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also emphasized that China is one of the safest countries in the world.At present, the Japanese government also avoids the incident as a diplomatic issue and responds calmly.Lin Fangzheng, the chief of the cabinet official house, said: "This kind of thing is regrettable. I hope the victims will recover soon." However, Hu Youping, who was attacked in order to protect the Japanese mother and child, died after being sent to the hospital.In response, the Japanese Embassy in Beijing and the Shanghai Consulate General Mourning Mourning.The Japanese Consul General in Shanghai went to the hospital to visit her after the incident. After her death, Akamatsu Show said: "He expressed his respect and gratitudeHer noble dedication. "
Recently, in China, in addition to the incidents of ordinary Chinese attacked foreigners, foreign business personnel have been officially detained and the arrest of Chinese people who coached at foreign universities have also occurred.In various senses, the voice of restlessness in the personal safety of foreigners living in China has continued to rise.Of course, the attacked and detained foreigners may be very small as a whole, but the number of people who encountered is indeed increasing.The Chinese government emphasizes "national security" and said that it should be alert to overseas forces to try all kinds of infiltration and color revolution.For example, the biggest problem that has recently happened in the attack of foreigners, the biggest problem is that these "occasional incidents" have a chain reaction, which in turn has prompted the deterioration of foreign citizens' feelings for China to continue to upgrade.Because of this, governments of various countries have adopted a response to restraint.It must be considered that avoiding information spread and rumors through the media to stimulate national feelings.In order to prevent the spread of rumors, China also needs to work hard to quickly solve the incident and disclose relevant information.
The author is a professor at the University of Tokyo
