Between 2016 and 2022, four local Chinese public security bureaus reportedly established 102 overseas police service stations in 53 countries across the world. Citing reports on these stations released by the human rights nongovernmental organization Safeguard Defenders, authorities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and others launched investigations into these outposts. Evidence of China’s foreign interference operations and intimidation of overseas critics amplified concerns about these overseas police stations.
Are fears of these stations warranted? What are the stations’ origins and operations? How do democratic governments confront the broader problem of transnational repression? Emile Dirks and Diana Fu shed light on these questions in a new piece for our series on nonstate armed actors and illicit economies in 2024.
Moving the needle on climate. “Individual-level actions can have visible and measurable effects on personal emissions, but they are mediated by political and economic systems that determine the degree to which they help combat the climate crisis,” writes Dana R. Fisher.
What’s ahead for the NCUA. During a recent Brookings event, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Chairman Todd Harper discussed his agenda and announced new requirements for some credit unions to publicly disclose the revenue they get from overdraft fees.Aaron Klein and Jack Schwartz outline key takeaways from the conversation.
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