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Her mother was threatened by CCP police.
Within hours of attending a commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Rowan heard from her father in China who had been contacted by Chinese police.
The tactic, known as transnational repression, received worldwide attention after a network of extralegal Chinese police stations was exposed.
The Chinese regime uses American campuses to exert control over students exercising free speech at college.
‘Transnational repression undermines academic freedom,’ says rights group.
The Chinese government expressed concerns about the case multiple times, according to prosecutors.
‘The Chinese government relentlessly pursues, harasses, and intimidates diaspora religious communities, political dissidents, and others.’
‘Assaulting someone is illegal. It’s just a question of whether law enforcement is tracking this and actually, proactively tackling it.’
Exiled reporters face daily threats of physical harm, imprisonment, online harassment, and reprisals against family members.
China is the ‘number one country’ when comes to transnational repression, says an expert.
