Thread:Rikoswind29/@comment-24664052-20150225051549/@comment-24664052-20150226034950

I also read this on TV Tropes:

''China has been arming its police officers with crossbows instead of traditional guns. The reason for this is because China has to defend against Islamist rebels crossing the border from Pakistan, and crossbows allegedly have less chance of setting off any bombs a suicide bomber is carrying than a gun.''
 * This has cultural tradition behind it as well. Semi-automatic crossbows have been around in China for 2400 years.
 * It is also to lessen the chance of providing potential rebels with firearms.