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日起展開對非法入境、非法居留、非法就業的“三非”外籍人員進行為期百日的清查行動。

據《中國日報》報道，成都警方也將于近日開展類似的清查行動。

據媒體報道，5月8日晚，一名英籍男子涉嫌在北京宣武門地區當街猥褻一名中國女孩。盡管警方否認此次專項行動與這個事件有任何關聯，但警方的行動一經開展便引起了輿論關注。有的網民認為這個行動有積極的意義，但也有人認為會攪擾在華遵紀守法的外國人。

這個專項行動到底是一個孤立的事件，還是有著深層的社會、法律緣由？是中國崛起成為旅游、就業熱點國家的一個標志？還是中國人對一些在華外國人不滿的集中爆發？請鎖定6月7日的《解析中國》。