Joshua Philipp, a reporter for The Epoch Times, talks about the situation in his recent Crossroads report.
In a recent episode of his Crossroads show, The Epoch Times investigative reporter Joshua Philipp digs deeper on a situation surrounding the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its recent opening of an “overseas police service station” in New York city, as part of China’s global transnational repression.
The move has left a lot of questions about ethics, particularly from human rights group Safeguard Defenders, who recently spoke on the matter. “These operations eschew official bilateral police and judicial cooperation and violate the international rule of law, and may violate the territorial integrity in third countries involved in setting up a parallel policing mechanism using illegal methods,” they explained.
The initiative first got its start in 2018, launched by ten “pilot provinces” and using the station name 110 Overseas, after the country’s police emergency services phone number.
Safeguard Defenders noted that this is just one of 54 overseas police service stations launched by the CCP, across five different continents. But there could be more. “There is no complete list of such ‘110 Overseas’ police service stations available,” the report notes. It is “undoubtedly larger and such stations more widespread.”
Philipp joins us now to discuss his report further.
Q&A:
- Why do you think China has interest in launching these police stations across different continents, including the United States?
- The report indicates that the offices serve “administrative purposes,” but of a “consular nature.” Can you go into a little more detail as to what effect this could have?
- The Safeguard Defenders note that the 110 Overseas have a “more sinister goal” involving “criminal activities involving overseas Chinese.” Could this break some kind of jurisdiction rules? And if so, what kind of effect would that have with international law?
- What could this potentially say about territorial integrity as well? Are China extending beyond their lawful reach as a result?
- It seems no one, not the State Department nor the New York Attorney General’s office, is speaking out about the matter. Do you think this is on purpose, to try and keep the opening of the 110 office in New York “under wraps,” so to speak?
- Could China potentially open even more of these offices in an effort to keep Chinese criminals under watch? Or have they already begun planning to do so?
- We understand you also have taken part in a couple of documentaries, including Border Deception: How the U.S. and U.N. Are Quietly Running the Border Crisis and The Real Story of January 6. Can you tell us more about them?
- Where can we watch this report and learn more about what’s going on?
The report is available here online, as well as on Epoch TV.
About Joshua Philipp:
Joshua Philipp is the host of Crossroads and is senior investigative reporter for The Epoch Times, where he’s worked since 2006. He is a globally recognized expert on CCP subversion and espionage, and is an award-winning reporter and documentary filmmaker whose works have included “Investigating the Origins of the Wuhan Coronavirus” and “The Real Story of January 6.” He regularly speaks at events and conferences across the United States and appears on radio and TV shows.
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