I'm feeling very lost about my future. My whole family depends on me. I can't believe such a civilized boss would treat this matter as a big joke us. We have no one to protect us, but we will not let him go until we get our money back."A Chinese mob held a foreign executive hostage for a week and the police stood by.
Do you think an American mob will be able to hold a foreign CEO hostage and the police will stand by?
This is the last paragraph of your link article, it implies we have no one to protect us including the government.