Commentary China is the world’s biggest perpetrator of transnational repression globally, according to a new Freedom House report. The report cites “millions of Chinese and minority populations from China in at least 36 countries” affected by intimidation, espionage, threats, cyberattacks, physical assaults, illegal extradition, and rendition. Written by Nate Schenkkan and Isabel Linzer, the excellent report’s China case study is particularly concerning. The number of democratic countries around the world that cooperate with China’s transnational repression is shocking. The report should be seen as a call to action against any future collaboration with the Beijing regime. The report, which also highlighted transnational repression by Russia, Saudi Arabia, Rwanda, Iran, and Turkey, is called “Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach: The Global Scale and Scope of Transnational Repression.” China’s transnational repression is marked by three distinctions, according to the authors. “First, the campaign targets many groups, including multiple ethnic and religious …
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