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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    10 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

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    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.