Commentary
When much of the Western world was celebrating the Christmas holiday, Beijing’s long-arm policing of Chinese nationals abroad kicked into overdrive.
Paramilitary police officers wearing masks march next to the entrance of the Forbidden City in Beijing on Sept. 20, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images
Peter Dahlin
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Peter Dahlin is the founder of the NGO Safeguard Defenders and the co-founder of the Beijing-based Chinese NGO China Action (2007–2016). He is the author of “Trial by Media” and a contributor to “The People’s Republic of the Disappeared.” He lived in Beijing from 2007 until he was detained and placed in a secret jail in 2016, and subsequently deported and banned. Prior to living in China, he worked for the Swedish government on gender-equality issues. He now lives in Madrid.
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