' China to send police 'to help patrol Paris streets' by K.J.S.Chatrath

'Police in Paris will draft in reinforcements from Beijing to help protect Chinese visitors to the city this summer, according to reports this week. Chinese tourists have been the target of some recent high profile muggings and attacks.

Chinese police will help patrol tourist destinations in Paris this summer after a rise in muggings and attacks on Chinese tourists, a source in France's interior ministry told AFP this week.

The ministry source said the Chinese police would help their French counterparts in Paris tourist spots but declined to give numbers. More than one million Chinese visitors come to France every year and there have been concerns over a number of muggings and attacks against them.'

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