This seems like a risky move for China that will only hurt them.
I'm not an expert but open targeting people who are citizens of other countries feels like, for lack of better terms, war crimes or diplomatic warfare. It doesn't feel like it will achieve much. The US government will strongly protect anyone targeted in such a way and only retaliate and apply sanctions if they continue, right?
It's Chinese Magnisky act. Sanction and ban those who undermine Chinese interests. Tit-for-tat retaliation for US new sanctions in XJ and HK.
It's a rational move. A lot of anti-Chinese activities was/is driven by disgruntled Chinese diaspora abroad i.e. tons of ex-dissidents forming various anti-China human rights NGOs. They've been operating (and ignored) for years but are now mainstreamed in the west due to recent tensions. It's effective only as much as these people ever want to return to China again, which surprisingly many do. It also puts the cross-hairs on dual Chinese nationals in China, particularly HKers who thought their foreign passports will insulate from anti-state activities. Basically there's a legal framework for blocking exits for ANYONE in HK/China now. It negates FVEY efforts to brain/wealth drain HKers, but really the particular targets are potential dissents who could be weaponized for western propaganda if they were to leave the country - aforementioned western anti-China NGO groups. This is a key lesson China is learning, don't export dirty laundry, that's how you get FLG/Epochtimes. Especially to places with free press and votes, i.e. Canadian conservatives were canvasing HK for last election because HK Canadians were more likely to vote for Conservative party based on their more anti-China positions. The only worse than having dissents spilling dirty laundry abroad is those dissents voting on foreign policy.
Whether this is enforceable is another question entirely and will reveal the extent of China's influence. Much like how Canada's response to America's extradition request of Meng Wanzhou shows Canada solidly within the American sphere, we can use successful extraditions to China to map out a Chinese sphere.
Okay but to play devil's advocate, how far up the chain does it go? Did some low-level journalist-grabber accidentally add them to a list, and the bureaucracy is such that it can't be undone easily?
I remember last year on youtube stumbling across a research presentation being given by a phd candidate(?) at an Australian university, about using social media posts and community mapping to track down and identify members of the international Uyghur diaspora activist community. The presenter seemed to be presenting it from a kind of neutral ethnographic research stand point. It was kind of a shock to think of this happening at an Australian university.
[+] [-] mindfulhack|5 years ago|reply
I'm not an expert but open targeting people who are citizens of other countries feels like, for lack of better terms, war crimes or diplomatic warfare. It doesn't feel like it will achieve much. The US government will strongly protect anyone targeted in such a way and only retaliate and apply sanctions if they continue, right?
[+] [-] paulcarroty|5 years ago|reply
After labors with Uigurs it looks, hmm, "normal" for China. But definitely not normal or even shitty for general people in 2020.
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It's a rational move. A lot of anti-Chinese activities was/is driven by disgruntled Chinese diaspora abroad i.e. tons of ex-dissidents forming various anti-China human rights NGOs. They've been operating (and ignored) for years but are now mainstreamed in the west due to recent tensions. It's effective only as much as these people ever want to return to China again, which surprisingly many do. It also puts the cross-hairs on dual Chinese nationals in China, particularly HKers who thought their foreign passports will insulate from anti-state activities. Basically there's a legal framework for blocking exits for ANYONE in HK/China now. It negates FVEY efforts to brain/wealth drain HKers, but really the particular targets are potential dissents who could be weaponized for western propaganda if they were to leave the country - aforementioned western anti-China NGO groups. This is a key lesson China is learning, don't export dirty laundry, that's how you get FLG/Epochtimes. Especially to places with free press and votes, i.e. Canadian conservatives were canvasing HK for last election because HK Canadians were more likely to vote for Conservative party based on their more anti-China positions. The only worse than having dissents spilling dirty laundry abroad is those dissents voting on foreign policy.
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