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On the topic of China's secret police, what are your thoughts on the Chinese government attempting to repatriate Chinese Americans and Europeans through covert operations, such as Operation Fox Hunt? I remember hearing about operations like this a few years ago, and it always seemed really freaky to me.
I haven't personally witnessed a "Chinese Overseas Secret Police" agent yet being in the US for like... about 15 years, so idk how serious the supposed "threat" really is. I never got any threats from PRC, yet. Then again, I don't have much followers and I don't really show my face and I never mentioned my real name. It would take a bit of effort to deanonymise me (not impossible, just takes effort)
I think Russia probably has a worse M.O. like... they just poison their dissidents, like Alexy Navalny
Not sure if there are any recorded instances of Chinese dissidents being poisoned like Russia does to their dissidents, so like...
if I get coerced to "go back" I'd just refuse...
what what are they gonna do, drive a van and grab me and then somehow get me across the ocean? (do they even have the logistics?)
Idk, I'm probably a bit more worried about ICE at the moment.
I mean I say anti-CCP shit and I don't really feel fear as long as I never step foot in China again. But when it comes to... anti-trump speech, that's when I sort of self-censor a bit to make sure it isn't legally considered "threatening violence".
Kinda like Snowden, you know. He can criticize his former country, but isn't really in much of a position to criticize his current country.
I'm sort of in a Snowden-type of situation, I mean I do criticize the US, but I have to "tone-down" a lot of what I say about the US.
So, TLDR is: 没办法, I can't do anything about it, I'm not in a position of power to help other Chinese dissidents.
It sounds terrifying if they do decide to target you, that is; but there are a lot of dissidents around the world, they can't possible go after everyone, especially those outside the country.