Jan 12, 2023
This story has been cropping up around the world for several months now. Back in October, an Australian news site published a story about Chinese police operating in unofficial stations around the world, including in the US. In November the BBC covered the story: The FBI is "concerned" by reports that secret "police stations" linked to China have been set up across the US… The FBI's director, Christopher Wray, told senior politicians that the agency was monitoring reports of such centres across the country. "We are aware of the existence of these stations," Mr Wray said. "To me, it is outrageous to think that the Chinese police would attempt to set up shop, you know, in New York, let's say, without proper coordination," he added. "It violates sovereignty and circumvents standard judicial and law enforcement cooperation processes." Today the NY Times has a follow-up pointing out that one such station in New York was raide