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Opinion China must be deterred from more ‘police’ posts in the U.S.

April 24, 2023 at 3:08 p.m. EDT
The former office of the America ChangLe Association, described by U.S. authorities as a Chinese "secret police station" in New York. (Bing Guan/Reuters)

Regarding the April 18 news article “U.S. alleges secret Chinese police post in NYC, online tracking of dissidents”:

Nobody argues that China is a totalitarian country. That China established a “police post” in a number of foreign countries is not new to those who lived under this kind of regime, including me. Punishing China is easy, but deterrence is another equation.

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The U.S. government should announce that this is a blatant violation of its sovereignty and that punishment of those involved will include jail time and revocation of their U.S. citizenship. After jail time is up for the perpetrators, they will be sent back to China.

Duy-Tam Tran-Kiem, Potomac

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