Why not arrest one of these “minders” en-route, hold him for the allowed period of time, find out who they are, and see who comes to pick them up???
These incidents in London and Paris are China-writ-small. Everything you need to know about the mindset of China is found in those small events. Ugly Americans? How about Ugly Chinese? At least “ugly” Americans engage in a conversation. The Ugly Chinese just shove you aside while they make their coarse and phony pronouncements by holding the torch high.
That Gordon Brown and Sarkosy will essentially do nothing about these episodes, nor recognize their larger significance, I think we can safely say they are equally amoral toads comfortably squatting on their respective spots in the political swamp.