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A mysterious car bearing the markings of a Chinese police vehicle has been spotted in Melbourne, sparking fears of Chinese Communist Party intimidation tactics. It comes after reports of undercover Chinese police stations being set up in major cities across the world including London, Glasgow, New York and Toronto. The Victoria-registered 2015 silver Nissan Maxima has been fitted out with Chinese police decals, and text on the rear passenger door claims it is 'Special Police'. The vehicle also bizarrely has a cuddly toy and box of tissues on the dashboard, and what appears to be a disabled parking permit hanging...

It’s well known that China won’t stand for any criticism. There, opponents of the communist regime are simply not tolerated. But it seems Beijing now thinks it also has the right to ignore international borders and silence dissent anywhere it sees fit. Around the world it’s setting up illegal outposts called “Chinese Overseas Police Service Stations”, and as the name implies, the objective of these offices is clear. Our law enforcement agencies deny there are any of these stations in Australia, even though Chinese authorities openly publicise their existence. But as Tara Brown reports in a special 60 MINUTES investigation,...

Two New York residents were charged Monday for operating a Chinese police station in lower Manhattan, New York, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday. “Harry” Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping were arrested Monday morning at their New York City homes and will appear before a judge in Brooklyn Monday afternoon, according to the DOJ’s press release. The charges include “conspiring to act as agents of the [People’s Republic of China] government and “obstructing justice by destroying evidence of their communications with an [Ministry of Public Security] official.” The pair allegedly did not inform the U.S. government that they were...

Seven centuries after the Venetian explorer Marco Polo set out on the Silk Route for Cathay, Venice has for the first time invited Chinese police officers to patrol its canal banks and winding alleyways. Two Chinese police officers – one from near Shanghai, the other from the region around Beijing – will spend the next three weeks conducting joint patrols in the lagoon city with their Italian counterparts.

Chinese police asked South Korean citizens near the North Korea-China border to evacuate the area due to risks of an attack and abduction by the North, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday. “We are aware that Chinese authorities have suggested South Korean citizens there evacuate on the possibility of an attack by North Korea,” the ministry here said. ocal media reports said Tuesday that Chinese police warned around 10 South Korean businesspeople, community associates and religious leaders residing near the border to evacuate due to the possibility of abduction by North Korea. They were notified during the Chuseok holiday earlier this...

CHINA has said it is investigating the deaths of villagers during an armed protest against a southern power plant, in its first official response to the unrest in which residents say dozens died. Police opened fire after being blockaded by hundreds of demonstrators near Shanwei city in Guangdong province on Tuesday, state media said. "It became dark when the chaotic mob began to throw explosives at the police. Police were forced to open fire in alarm," Xinhua news agency said, quoting a Shanwei government report. "In the chaos, three villagers died, eight were injured with three of them fatally injured."...