Afterword to Part I

Dutton, Blake D.

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“…In its early decades, China inherited the feudal "remnants" of conceiving an individual as part of the hierarchical family and local society, with relations between his/ her members regulated by the collective norms and codes. 60 To police such a collective society, family was the basic unit of administration and subject to village pacts and mutual supervision that served as the important means of social control. 61 The household, the workplace, and the neighbourhood organ that expanded the familial boundary conducted actions of discipline and sanction in the local settings, and bore the duties of management and surveillance to prevent residents from engaging in wrongdoings.…”

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Policing Terrorism in the Chinese Community: A Critical Analysis

2021

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After the 9/11 incidents, global counter-terrorism efforts have focused increasingly on community policing as a proactive and preventive approach to thwarting terrorism. This article explores the developments, tensions, and prospects of counter-terrorism community policing (“CTCP”) in China. By applying the concepts of police legitimacy and social capital to the normative and operational framework of CTCP, I argue that this vital counter-terrorism endeavour is fraught with problems, for both Chinese police to procure effective civic co-operation and the local community to develop its capacity as a self-reliant player in preventing terrorism. More specifically, community co-operation in China’s CTCP is largely an obligatory process in the form of forced mobilization by local bureaucracies that does not necessarily entail trust and support from citizens based on their legitimacy judgement. My analysis on social capital building in Chinese communities further suggests that both police and citizens are unable to form deep and meaningful partnerships for counter-terrorism. While an authoritarian regime like China is reluctant to cede substantial power and authority to people in most of all aspects of policing, the public has become apathetic towards and alienated from voluntary collaboration with police in formal community affairs—a dichotomy lies between reality and ideal in China’s CTCP.

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Policing Terrorism in the Chinese Community: A Critical Analysis

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