China asks France to make sure security of its residents after rioters assault tour bus

By Reuters: China’s Consulate General in Marseille complained to France after a bus carrying a Chinese tour group within the southern metropolis had its home windows smashed, resulting in minor accidents, China’s Consular Affairs Office mentioned in a press release on Sunday.

The Consulate General’s formal grievance known as for France to make sure the protection of Chinese residents and their property, the assertion mentioned.

The bus was attacked by rioters on Thursday, in accordance with state broadcaster CCTV, throughout violence which hit French cities in latest days for the reason that police taking pictures of an adolescent of North African descent. The Chinese vacationers have since left France, the Consular Office assertion mentioned.

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Chinese residents in France or heading to France ought to “strengthen prevention” and be “more vigilant and cautious” in gentle of the riots which have swept throughout the nation in latest days, the Consular workplace assertion added.

Rioting throughout France gave the impression to be much less intense on Saturday, as tens of hundreds of police had been deployed in cities throughout the nation after the funeral of {the teenager}, though there was some stress in central Paris and sporadic clashes in Nice, Strasbourg and Marseille.

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