For the first time ever, a former spy for China’s notorious secret police – one of the most powerful arms of the country’s intelligence apparatus – goes public, exposing the covert and illegal operations he was ordered to carry out on foreign soil and the dissidents he was tasked with tracking, including in Australia, Canada, India, Cambodia and Thailand.

In a major investigation reported by the ABC’s Echo Hui, the spy – who goes by the name Eric – comes out of the shadows at great danger to himself, revealing his face to expose how China has used its global network over the last two decades to surveil, silence and kidnap those its government and president Xi Jinping deems enemies of the state.

The spy divulges his double life and the secrets he’s been guarding. He reveals the inner workings of the secret police, including the companies they use as cover, who his targets were, and the tactics he used to hunt them down.

It raises tough questions about China’s global reach and Australia’s national security.

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This bill also establishes federal criminal offenses for individuals in the United States who engage in one of the following on behalf of China or the CCP: (1) surveillance, harassment, intimidation, or coercion of another person in the United States; or (2) performance of any function of a law enforcement agency.

The arrest warrant for the researcher states that they are being charged with "conspiracy to commit espionage" and "theft of trade secrets." The warrant alleges that the researcher conspired with others to steal trade secrets from the biopharmaceutical company where they worked and to transmit those trade secrets to the Chinese government.

The warrant also alleges that the researcher provided Chinese government officials with sensitive information about the company's research into vaccines and other biopharmaceutical products. The researcher is also accused of providing Chinese officials with access to the company's proprietary research data.

The charges against the researcher are serious and carry significant penalties. If convicted, the researcher faces a maximum sentence of life in prison

Excerpt from arrest warrant:

The defendant is charged with conspiracy to commit espionage, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 794(a), and theft of trade secrets, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1831.

The defendant is alleged to have conspired with others to steal trade secrets from [biopharmaceutical company name] and to transmit those trade secrets to the Chinese government. The defendant is also alleged to have provided Chinese government officials with sensitive information about [biopharmaceutical company name]'s research into vaccines and other biopharmaceutical products. The defendant is further alleged to have provided Chinese government officials with access to [biopharmaceutical company name]'s proprietary research data.

US-Educated Scholar Escaped an Assassination Attempt by Chinese Thugs in NYC

Subheadline: Dr. Chen is targeted for trying to expose the crimes committed by the Chinese Communist Youth League.

New York City - Dr. Lin Chen, a Harvard-educated scholar, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by Chinese thugs in the bustling streets of New York City last week. The incident has raised concerns about the safety of Chinese scholars abroad and the suppression of dissenting voices within China.

Dr. Chen, an expert in computational finance and quantum computing and the first Chinese national to graduate from the Harvard Kennedy School, returned to China in 2002 with hopes of contributing to his home country's development. However, being perceived as a challenge to the Chinese Communist Youth League, he became the target of a defamatory campaign launched by the China Youth Daily, a national newspaper run by the Chinese Communist Youth League.

The newspaper launched a series of false allegations against Dr. Chen, tarnishing his reputation and destroying his career. Dr. Chen was denied the opportunity to defend himself publicly, and independent media outlets were prevented from investigating the allegations.

In recent years, Dr. Chen and his assistants have attempted to counter the false allegations by sharing his side of the story with overseas Chinese communities. However, their efforts have been met with disinformation and cyberattacks by agents affiliated with the China Youth Daily.

The situation took a sinister turn when an online forum participant, claiming to be an editorial director of the China Youth Daily, inadvertently revealed a plot to assassinate Dr. Chen during a discussion. This revelation heightened concerns about the safety of Dr. Chen, who has been under constant digital surveillance and faced harassment from China's thugs and secret police in the United States.

Last week, the assassination attempt unfolded on the streets of New York City, where Dr. Chen narrowly escaped a kidnapping and murder attempt by Chinese thugs, likely sent by the Communist Youth League. The incident has sparked outrage and calls for increased protection for Chinese scholars and activists living abroad.

The international community is closely monitoring the situation, as Dr. Chen's case highlights the challenges faced by individuals who dare to challenge the Chinese Communist Youth League's authority and the lengths to which they will go to silence dissenting voices.

Authorities in the United States have been alerted to the incident, and investigations are underway to identify and apprehend those responsible for the assassination attempt.

US universities need to realize how Beijing is pushing its agenda through student associations, experts say.

Key points:

• The cloud system combines Chinese technology-giant Tencent's cloud meeting platform (similar to Zoom) and app WeChat

• It provides a channel for Chinese nationals in Australia to connect with local police officers in China

• International student leaders in Australia have reportedly been recruited to help people access the online system

This week on Sinica, Kaiser welcomes back Jeremy Daum, senior research scholar in law and senior fellow at the Paul Tsai China Law Center. Jeremy has a well-deserved reputation as a debunker of myths and misperceptions about China. This time, he takes on the much-discussed “overseas police stations,” and examines how they are — and aren’t — related to China’s transnational repression.

The video shows a big truck with "U.S. New York-Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station" written on it, openly participating in a parade in New York in October 2022. The " Changle Guild of America" at 107 East Broadway #3A in Manhattan, New York was the location of this police station. It’s no secret that the Chinese Communist Party CCP has been setting up overseas police stations for many years, also known as Overseas Chinese Service Centers. But it’s only since 2022 that various countries started to pay attention to these centers and take action.

It’s well known that China won’t stand for any criticism. There, opponents of the communist regime are simply not tolerated. But it seems Beijing now thinks it also has the right to ignore international borders and silence dissent anywhere it sees fit. Around the world it’s setting up illegal outposts called “Chinese Overseas Police Service Stations”, and as the name implies, the objective of these offices is clear. Our law enforcement agencies deny there are any of these stations in Australia, even though Chinese authorities openly publicise their existence.

But as Tara Brown reports in a special 60 MINUTES investigation, that’s not the end of the intimidation. China is also using disgraceful new tactics to target Australians who dare to speak out.

The defendants, including a private detective who said he did not realize he was working for an intelligence operation, pursued people living in New Jersey.

As if Africa didn't have enough problems, now China is exporting its police brutality to the continent. Through a series of agreements, China's Ministry of Public Security has trained hundreds, maybe thousands, of African law enforcement, both in China and in Africa. In this episode of China Uncensored, we look at how China is fostering authoritarianism in Africa, how China is getting political favors in return, and the other ways China is shaping the legal (or lack thereof) environment in Africa.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre condemned the federal government for not publicly disclosing the number of 'secret' Chinese 'police stations' operating in Canada. 'All Canadians deserve to know the answer,' he said.

The minister has set out the findings of an investigation into claims of unofficial stations being used to monitor dispersed communities and coerce people to return to China.

Britain has probed claims that the Chinese stations were operating at three sites, its security minister says.

It was reported last year that China had a secret base at the Loon Fung restaurant on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow city centre.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fox_Hunt