Commentary I’ve written earlier in these pages on how China’s judiciary, flawed to start with, has been deteriorating further with each passing year of Xi Jinping’s leadership, and how that deterioration is a natural and logical outcome of his attempt to gain stronger political control over, not only the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but the country and its people as a whole. Such stronger control also necessitates expanding Beijing’s control of Chinese nationals, or ethnic Chinese, outside of China. In short, the CCP cannot achieve its set goals without strengthening its ability for long-arm policing, not only over its neighbors, but far and wide, including in North America and Europe. The vigor with which this is pursued should make it clear to any observer that this latter part is considered key to this campaign. It also happens to be right here, in the international arm of its campaign, where Western …