Chen Jinping pleads guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of China’s government and faces up to five years in prison

Summary

A New York man, Chen Jinping, pleaded guilty to operating an undeclared Chinese police station in Manhattan for China’s Ministry of Public Security.

The station, part of a transnational repression scheme, aided Beijing in locating and suppressing pro-democracy activists in the U.S., violating American sovereignty.

Authorities say the station also served routine functions like renewing Chinese driving licenses but had a more sinister role, including tracking a California-based activist.

Chen faces up to five years in prison, while a co-defendant has pleaded not guilty and awaits trial.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Phil Ochs said it all the way back in the 1960s:

      We’re the Cops of the World

      Lyrics

      Come, get out of the way, boys
      Quick, get out of the way
      You’d better watch what you say, boys
      Better watch what you say

      We’ve rammed in your harbor and tied to your port
      And our pistols are hungry and our tempers are short
      So bring your daughters around to the port
      'Cause we’re the Cops of the World, boys
      We’re the Cops of the World

      We pick and choose as please, boys
      Pick and choose as please
      You’d best get down on your knees, boys
      Best get down on your knees

      We’re hairy and horny and ready to shack
      We don’t care if you’re yellow or black
      Just take off your clothes and lie down on your back
      'Cause we’re the Cops of the World, boys
      We’re the Cops of the World

      Our boots are needing a shine, boys
      Boots are needing a shine
      But our Coca-cola is fine, boys
      Coca-cola is fine

      We’ve got to protect all our citizens fair
      So we’ll send a battalion for everyone there
      And maybe we’ll leave in a couple of years
      'Cause we’re the Cops of the World, boys
      We’re the Cops of the World

      Dump the reds in a pile, boys
      Dump the reds in a pile
      You’d better wipe of that smile, boys
      Better wipe off that smile

      We’ll spit through the streets of the cities we wreck
      We’ll find you a leader that you can’t elect
      Those treaties we sighned were a pain in the neck
      'Cause we’re the Cops of the World, boys
      We’re the Cops of the World

      Clean the johns with a rag, boys
      Clean the johns with a rag
      If you like you can use your flag, boys
      If you like you can use your flag

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      And guns will be guns and boys will be boys
      But we’ll gladly pay for all we destroy
      'Cause we’re the Cops of the World, boys
      We’re the Cops of the World

      Please stay off of the grass, boys
      Please stay off of the grass
      Here’s a kick in the ass, boys
      Here’s a kick in the ass

      We’ll smash down your doors, we don’t bother to knock
      We’ve done it before, so why all the shock?
      We’re the biggest and toughest kids on the block
      'Cause we’re the Cops of the World, boys
      We’re the Cops of the World

      When we butchered your son, boys
      When we butchered your son
      Have a stick of our gum, boys
      Have a stick of our buble-gum

      We own half the world, oh say can you see
      The name for our profits is democracy
      So, like it or not, you will have to be free
      'Cause we’re the Cops of the World, boys
      We’re the Cops of the World

      I wish more people today knew about Phil Ochs.