Major Security Challenges to China's Belt and Road Initiative

Major security challenges to China's Belt and Road Initiative include geopolitical tensions as well as civil conflicts, terrorist attacks, piracy, abductions, robberies and murders. The methods China has adopted to cope with these challenges range from military deployment, expanding consular protection, relying on militaries of host governments for protection, employing Chinese police for overseas law enforcement, to hiring private security firms. These methods have also encountered many difficulties.