Two Americans of Chinese descent plead guilty to running a covert secret police surveillance station on

Context: Chinese espionage in the United States.

Two Americans of Chinese descent plead guilty to running a covert secret police surveillance station on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security to monitor, threaten and coerce ethnic Chinese in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. At least 100 such stations have been reported worldwide across 53 countries, with human rights monitoring NGOs accusing China of using the outposts to threaten and monitor Chinese nationals abroad. [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c785n9pexjpo (BBC)]

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