It probably has much to do with the reputation of the Chinese. As here in the Netherlands our beaches (in some hotspot locations) in the summer have German police coupled with dutch Police. Helps with any cultural and language barrier.

Edit: clarified this is not on all beaches everywhere.

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

China and Thailand are pretty well-aligned, but policing should be a domestic issue. I wouldn't want US police operating in Canada (although, legally, the US CBP can operate 100 miles from every land border and every Canadian airport with US preclearance, which I'm fairly sure covers like 80% of the population anywayl.

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