Cases

A Chinese International Student and Activist Goes Missing During a Trip Home – Radio Free Asia

10/17/2025

9/18/2025 – While visiting family in July, Chinese international student and activist Zhang Yadi disappeared in Yunnan province. Zhang, who had been studying in France, is an editor for the digital platform Chinese Youth Stand for Tibet. Rights and advocacy groups, including Human Rights Watch, fear that Zhang was taken by state security on suspicion of "endangering national security."

A Chinese International Student and Activist Goes Missing During a Trip Home

Thailand Condemned for 'Shameful' Mass Deportation of Uyghur Refugees in China - The Guardian

3/12/2025

3/5/2025 – In late February 2025, Thailand deported several dozen Uyghur men to China, despite warnings from the United Nations about the potential human rights abuses they faced upon return. Though Thailand claimed that these men returned voluntarily, the Guardian spoke with the family of a man thought to have been deported who said it was "impossible" that these detainees would want to be sent back to China. China has been accused of committing various human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities living in the Xinjiang region.

Thailand Condemned for 'Shameful' Mass Deportation of Uyghur Refugees in China

Japan: Chinese Authorities Harass Critics Abroad - Human Rights Watch

10/15/2024

10/9/2024 – A series of interviews between June and August 2024 describe instances in which Chinese officials sought to intimidate Chinese people living in Japan who engage in activities critical of the Chinese government. The twenty-five people interviewed include those from Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia. Human Rights Watch also reports that this harassment includes family members back home in China, and that Chinese authorities have sought out diaspora members to provide information on others in Japan.

Japan: Chinese Authorities Harass Critics Abroad

How China Extended Its Repression Into an American City - Washington Post

9/11/2024

9/3/2024 – A six-month investigation by the Washington Post uncovered a coordinated effort by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to repress dissent in San Francisco during Xi Jinping's visit in November 2023. Specifically, the Post found that Chinese diplomats and pro-China diaspora groups based in the US organized demonstrations that harassed and intimidated anti-CCP protesters in San Francisco, which is "part of a global pattern of China attempting to reach beyond its borders and suppress parts of its diaspora."

How China Extended its Repression into an American City

DOJ Charges Defendants with Harassing and Spying on Chinese Americans for Beijing - ProPublica

6/17/2024

3/17/2022 – A 2022 investigation by ProPublica discusses several high-profile cases related to transnational repression of Chinese dissidents living in the United States. Specifically, the piece details the charges brought against Shujun Wang, a dissent leader who is accused of spying on fellow activists in the United States for the past 17 years. ProPublica places this case, along with others involving a congressional candidate on Long Island and a sculptor in Southern California, within a broader trend of Chinese spies recruiting and equipping U.S. operatives for the purpose of targeting Chinese Americans.

DOJ Charges Defendants with Harassing and Spying on Chinese Americans for Beijing