As China's presence continues to expand, we can expect further security incidents, creating tensions with local governments, an expansion of Chinese security and private security presence and the rethinking of certain risky projects.

As we argue in our recent books Backlash, as China expands its footprint globally, it is facing localized resistance from protests to terrorist attacks, forcing it to enhance its security presence and get entangled in local politics.

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Over the past decade, China has spent millions on border posts, training programs and equipment for the Tajik security forces. It has even constructed a military facility near the Afghan and Chinese borders (pictured below from our fieldwork for our book Backlash)

China has long been concerned about spillovers of violence into Tajikistan, and potentially from there into China itself

The district where both incidents took place, Shamsiddin Shohin, has been a flashpoint of violence since the civil war in the 1990s

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Or Schipol, where it was in fact quicker (I think) for me to exit the secure area and go back through security rather than queue at the connections area during my transit last week.