In its quest to become a global superpower, China’s government has established numerous illegal police stations around the world, including in developed countries such as Canada and Ireland, raising concerns among human rights activists.
According to Investigative Journalism Reportika, citing local media, such informal police service stations affiliated with the Public Security Bureau (PSB) have been set up across Canada to antagonize China’s adversaries.
According to local media reports, Fuzhou has set up informal police service stations across Canada that are affiliated with the Public Security Bureau (PSB). At least three of these stations can only be found in the Greater Toronto Area.
According to Investigative Journalism Reportika, the Chinese government is also influencing elections in certain countries through these illegal police stations.
According to the Fuzhou police, 30 such stations have already been established in 21 countries.
Countries such as Ukraine, France, Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom have such arrangements for Chinese police stations, and the leaders of the majority of these countries publicly question China’s rise and its deteriorating human rights records, while also being a part of the problem.
Human rights activists have accused China’s ruling Communist Party of committing widespread abuses in the name of security, including confining people in internment camps, forcibly separating families, and performing forced sterilization.
China, for its part, has stated that these facilities are “vocational skills training centres,” which are required to “counter” extremism and improve livelihoods. Chinese officials announced in late 2019 that the majority of “trainees” had “graduated” from the centres.
Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, recently visited China and Xinjiang.
