The Wall Street Journal published on 1 July 2023 an article titled "How China's Overseas Security Forces Differ from Wagner" by James T. Areddy and Austin Ramzy.
Both the Russian and Chinese versions of private security companies feature murky ties to the countries' militaries, but the similarities stop there. Strict Chinese Communist Party control leaves little room for independent actions such as one sees with Russia's Wagner Group. Chinese private security companies have traditionally been limited to protection overseas of Chinese nationals and interests, not mercenaries for hire by African governments.
