"Chinese agents have been pursuing hundreds of Chinese nationals living in the US in an effort to force their return, as part of a global campaign against the country’s diaspora, known as Operation Fox Hunt" theguardian.com/us-news/2020/j…
"Fox Hunt was launched six years ago by President Xi Jinping, ostensibly to pursue corrupt officials and business executives who had fled abroad. Beijing has celebrated its claimed successes, publicising the return of hundreds of economic fugitives, and issuing wanted lists"
"[FBI Director] Wray said the operation’s principal aim now was to suppress dissent among the diaspora."
"China describes Fox Hunt as some kind of international anti-corruption campaign. It is not. Instead, [it is] to target Chinese nationals who [Xi] sees as threats"
"China describes Fox Hunt as some kind of international anti-corruption campaign. It is not. Instead, [it is] to target Chinese nationals who [Xi] sees as threats"
"When it couldn’t locate one Fox Hunt target, the Chinese government sent an emissary to visit the target’s family here in the US. The message they said to pass on: the target had two options, returned to China promptly or commit suicide.”
"Wray portrayed China as an aggressive rival with little or no regard for international or national laws. He said that nearly half the FBI’s 5,000 active counter-intelligence cases were China-related."
"China was using leverage, pressure or persuasion through intermediaries on federal, state and local officials, as well as US corporations and media, to win support for Chinese foreign policy positions. Wray said such efforts had been stepped up during the coronavirus outbreak"
"The FBI director said that China was also involved in mass hacking, identity theft and intellectual property espionage, and there are 1,000 investigations into 'China’s actual and attempted theft of technology' in all the bureau’s 56 field offices."
