China has factories secured against vandalism in Myanmar but how can it protect itself from anti-China sentiment?

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Myanmar has deployed more forces to strengthen security at an industrial zone where Chinese businesses are concentrated, said a top Chinese envoy to Asean, as Beijing is increasingly caught in one of its neighbour’s worst episodes of political chaos.

Speaking to Chinese and local media on Wednesday, Deng Xijun, Chinese ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), said the Chinese embassy in Yangon had urged local police to take “concrete measures” to ensure the safety of Chinese companies and employees after dozens of Chinese-invested garment factories were vandalised and torched in the latest outbreak of anti-China sentiment on Sunday.