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A New York man, Chen Jinping, pleaded guilty to operating an undeclared Chinese police station in Manhattan for China’s Ministry of Public Security.

The station, part of a transnational repression scheme, aided Beijing in locating and suppressing pro-democracy activists in the U.S., violating American sovereignty.

Authorities say the station also served routine functions like renewing Chinese driving licenses but had a more sinister role, including tracking a California-based activist.

Chen faces up to five years in prison, while a co-defendant has pleaded not guilty and awaits trial.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Your own police - a regulated force you can sue, but not resist.

A gang or a mob - likely butt buddies with your own police, but there are possibilities to use law and police against them, and they can't put you in jail for resisting.

A foreign police - like a gang or a mob, but also reliant on a foreign nation state for resources, those including intelligence about you, technical means (like some targeted spyware attacks maybe), more likely to be able to just kidnap you or murder you than a simple gang or a mob. Another level of professionalism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So the only difference is that if you survive your encounter with the police you can get some taxpayer money?

I think people would be more upset about a secret foreign police force if they had any sort of faith in the non-secret local police.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Well. In general the difference between some armed men and some other armed men is that they may have different bosses treating you differently.