Commentary The U.S. government just gave the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) a victory, and violated international law, by repatriating a former bank manager to China. The repatriation will chill internal resistance in China. On Nov. 14, China’s anti-graft watchdog announced that Xu Guojun, former president of the Bank of China’s Kaiping branch, was repatriated to China. There, he will face harsh punishment by the CCP, including likely torture, degradation, and irreparable harm. The principle of non-refoulement under international human rights law forbids the return of anyone to a country that will likely impose such human rights abuses. The Beijing regime’s watchdog, called the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), claimed that the repatriation resulted from international cooperation, and a day later, specified that the United States repatriated Xu. The United States’ reported cooperation with Chinese authorities is a blow to the struggle for democracy in both China and the world. …