Red armband army of ‘volunteers’ are Xi’s eyes and ears


A security volunteer wearing a red armband waiting along the road during the Communist Party’s 19th Congress in Beijing yesterday. – AFP pic, October 22, 2017.

WHILE Chinese President Xi Jinping and his cohorts chart the nation’s future at their leadership conclave in Beijing, his citizen army of red-armbanded foot soldiers are keeping an eye out for trouble outside.

Stationed on street corners, in front of shops and outside bars, civilians with armbands labelled “Public Security Volunteer” have deployed across the capital as the Communist Party holds its crucial five-yearly gathering.


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