After an Artwork Critical of Xi Jinping Mysteriously Burned to the Ground in California, the U.S. Blames a Covert Chinese Operation
Artist Chen Weiming's sculpture of Xi mysteriously burned to the ground. Then, the U.S. started making indictments.
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Artist Chen Weiming's sculpture of Xi mysteriously burned to the ground. Then, the U.S. started making indictments.
Campaigns targeting US-based critics of Beijing become more frequent, daring
The indictments highlight the continued efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to squash dissent and the pro-democracy movement of the once-free city.
U.S. prosecutors are widening their case over alleged schemes to stalk and harass Chinese dissidents in the United States, including seeking to derail the election bid of a little-known congressional candidate. An indictment in New York announced on Wednesday named four new defendants in the probe, all described as agents for China’s Ministry of State Security. All are fugitives presumed to be in China. The document also formally charged Shujun Wang, a U.S. citizen and New York City resident. A message was left with Wang's lawyer on Wednesday.
Shujun Wang, 73, was arrested in March pending charges, which were filed on Tuesday in a federal court in Brooklyn. His four Chinese 'handlers' remain at large. Wang faces 20 years if convicted.