NEW YORK—Tucked away in a typical brick building, a small office marked only with a cobalt blue banner and a small yellow sign on the exterior, has been unusually busy.
About a month or two ago, a flood of requests started pouring in to the nonprofit Global Tuidang Center, a volunteer-run organization headquartered in Flushing, a neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York, which coordinates efforts for Chinese who wish to renounce their ties with the ruling regime in China. The center has more than 100 branches globally.