More Chinese companies are fanning out along the New Silk Road into high-risk countries but domestic security firms are not keeping up with the demand.
Tian Buchou is a veteran of China’s special forces and for 17 years managed security for Chinese companies in the war-torn Middle East and Africa.
Working for both the Chinese state and private sector, Tian headed teams safeguarding their corporate clients from various threats, from robberies to terrorist attacks.
The 39-year-old had extensive experience in his field but it was when he teamed up in operations with the former private military firm Blackwater that he realized just how much he and his Chinese staff still had to learn.
Now defunct, Blackwater was founded in 1997 by former US Navy Seal Erik Prince and won US government contracts to guard American officials and facilities in countries including Iraq and Afghanistan. The company was surrounded by controversy in 2007 when its guards were convicted of manslaughter after firing on civilians in Baghdad.
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