Chinese Immigrants and the Long Arm of Beijing

Hope Chen speaks to reporters on Parliament Hill on Dec. 9, 2015. The 22-year-old has been trying to draw attention to the plight of her father who was imprisoned in China for suing former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. Chen was threatened by a Chinese agent for discussing his detention in the media. Matthew Little/Epoch Times

With respect to the shooting death of a Chinese man in Paris recently, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman urged French officials to “get to the bottom of the incident as soon as possible.”

According to news reports, the Chinese government and Chinese mafia groups are competing for influence over the sizeable Chinese community of Paris.