Next show: Illegal foreigners in China - 下期预告：“三非”外国人在中国

Starting May 15, the Beijing police will serve in a 100-day campaign to crackdown on foreigners who live, work and travel in China without proper credentials, according to the public security bureau.

Officials in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, have confirmed a similar campaign will soon be rolled out there, according to a China Daily report.

The Beijing police’s campaign came after a British tourist was accused of sexually assaulting a Chinese woman in Beijing on May 8. Although the spokesperson for the bureau dismissed any suggestion that the move was linked to the incident, news about the campaign received a mixed response among Sina Weibo micro-bloggers, according to media reports. Some Chinese and foreign users hailed it as a positive step, while others raised concerns that it may cause animosity among law-abiding foreigners.

Is the campaign an isolated move or rooted in an often underexplored social and legal context? Is it a symbol of China’s rise as a land of opportunity? Or is it an outbreak of Chinese people’s dissatisfaction of some foreigners’ abuse of their hospitality? Please join us on June 7.

北京警方公布，自5月15日起展开对非法入境、非法居留、非法就业的“三非”外籍人员进行为期百日的清查行动。

据《中国日报》报道，成都警方也将于近日开展类似的清查行动。

据媒体报道，5月8日晚，一名英籍男子涉嫌在北京宣武门地区当街猥亵一名中国女孩。尽管警方否认此次专项行动与这个事件有任何关联，但警方的行动一经开展便引起了舆论关注。有的网民认为这个行动有积极的意义，但也有人认为会搅扰在华遵纪守法的外国人。

这个专项行动到底是一个孤立的事件，还是有着深层的社会、法律缘由？是中国崛起成为旅游、就业热点国家的一个标志？还是中国人对一些在华外国人不满的集中爆发？请锁定6月7日的《解析中国》。