China has opened police stations in US and Canada

[Kurr]

China has opened police stations in US and Canada to monitor Chinese citizens: Report

China has opened dozens of “overseas police service stations” around the globe to monitor its citizens living abroad, including one location in New York City and three in Toronto.

nypost.com

China has opened dozens of “overseas police service stations” around the globe to monitor its citizens living abroad, including one location in New York City and three in Toronto.

“These operations eschew official bilateral police and judicial cooperation and violate the international rule of law, and may violate the territorial integrity in third countries involved in setting up a parallel policing mechanism using illegal methods,” reads a report by Safeguard Defenders, a human rights watchdog, released earlier this month.

The Chinese government has claimed that the stations provide vital services to its citizens living abroad, though the report notes that many of the services are those that would be traditionally carried out by an overseas embassy. Instead, the report argues that the stations have been used to enhance China’s overseas law enforcement capabilities in possible violation of international law. The report also outlines the potential human rights abuses associated with the stations, including using harassment and intimidation methods, such as threatening the family members of the overseas citizens. The stations have also served as centers to spread Chinese government propaganda and monitor the behavior and opinions of Chinese nationals.

How, just someone tell me how in the ****** **** this is allowed or even possible? No pushback federal state or local? This isnt an embassy its ENFORCEMENT OF CHINESE LAW on American soil. I dont understand.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

China has opened police stations in US and Canada to monitor Chinese citizens: Report

China has opened dozens of “overseas police service stations” around the globe to monitor its citizens living abroad, including one location in New York City and three in Toronto.

nypost.com

How, just someone tell me how in the ****** **** this is allowed or even possible? No pushback federal state or local? This isnt an embassy its ENFORCEMENT OF CHINESE LAW on American soil. I dont understand.

We have FBI offices in China as well, as well as multiple other countries. It appears to not be remotely the same, however. We rely more on the host nation to do the heavy lifting while our guys serve as trainers, advisers, and consultants more than hands on investigators *generally* speaking. GWOT issues notwithstanding. We are also invited by the host nation. Secrety squirrel things aside (do we engage in extrajudicial acts like extraordinary renditions? Probably. Either directly or via proxy. We didn't coordinate or consult with Pakistan before ruining Osama Bin Laden's day, for good reason, mind you.)

I trust the media about as much as I trust China, though. I tried to go direct to the source to read the report, but the website is incredibly slow.

230,000 Chinese "persuaded to return" from abroad, China to establish Extraterritoriality

This latest installment in Safeguard Defenders’ Investigations series takes a deep dive into the Chinese police’s expanding global policing toolkit by examining a seemingly recent campaign to counter transnational telecom and online fraud (according to the official provincial statements) by...

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about us

Safeguard Defenders is a human rights NGO founded in late 2016 that undertakes and supports local field activities that contribute to the protection of basic rights, promote the rule of law and enhance the ability of local civil society and human rights defenders in some of the most hostile...

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Looks to be an NGO who primarily focuses on China's human rights abuses. Which I assume to be a fertile ground for exploration.

 

[Leadeye]

Back in the 80s when Japanese manufacturers were handing us our ass they had a lot of people over here. I made a lot of new friends and contacts as the company I worked for supplied a number of Japanese companies starting up or already existing here in the US. Some of these folks were shy about embracing America while others were the complete opposite. You would see some of the ones that became "Americanized" shipped back to Japan and they didn't want to go.

 

[hooky]

Purdue has chinese students that are intimidated and controlled while they're here getting advanced degrees that will eventually be used against us. You don't need to have an office in the locality, just snitches and access to family back home.

Chinese Purdue student wants to keep low profile after harassment allegations go national

He worries about his parents in China, he says.

www.purdueexponent.org

But Kong’s harassment isn’t an isolated incident. He recalled a doctorate student from Florida International University receiving similar treatment from the Chinese Scholars and Students Organization.

The CSSA is in almost every university in the United States. Kong said the organization is popular among Chinese students because it provides information regarding housing and food and for sharing viewpoints.

Even on U.S. Campuses, China Cracks Down on Students Who Speak Out

Students and scholars from China who criticize the regime in Beijing can face quick retaliation from fellow students and Chinese officials who harass their families back home. U.S. universities rarely intervene.

www.propublica.org

The blowback, he said, was fast and frightening. His parents called from China, crying. Officers of the Ministry of State Security, the feared civilian spy agency, had warned them about his activism in the United States.
“They told us to make you stop or we are all in trouble,” his parents said.

Purdue president vows action against Chinese exchange students harassing CCP critic

The president of Purdue University offered support to a Chinese student who had been subjected to harassment from other Chinese students for speaking against the Chinese Communist Party. Zhihao Kong, a student at Purdue and a Chinese citizen, had faced substantial harassment from fellow Chinese...

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“If those students who issued the threats can be identified, they will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action,” the university president continued. “Likewise, any student found to have reported another student to any foreign entity for exercising their freedom of speech or belief will be subject to significant sanction.”

“Those seeking to deny those rights to others, let alone to collude with foreign governments in repressing them, will need to pursue their education elsewhere,” Daniels finished.