Spy Agency Official Takes Helm at China’s Petition Office

Spy Agency Official Takes Helm at China’s Petition Office
Chinese police officers wear protective masks as they patrol before the Chinese New Year at a Beijing railway station in Beijing, China on Jan. 23, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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In a sign of the Chinese regime’s growing fear of popular discontent, a top State Security official has been appointed as the new head of the state petition office, a deputy-cabinet level agency responsible for hearing public complaints.