This is part two of a two-part series on urban China’s security guards. Read part one here. Over the past few decades, Chinese cities have grown bigger and richer at a breakneck pace. This, in turn, ...

Editor’s note: True-crime blogger and mystery novelist He Wapi this summer released “Strangers at the Gate,” a book looking at the role of bao’an, China’s neighborhood security guards. The work is ...

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Demand for private protection surges across the city; rising threat perception also fuels rush for arms licences.

SAN DIEGO – On average, they make $18 an hour. Many are required to provide their own body armor. And if a gunman bursts through the door of a church, Walmart or government office, they’re relied on ...