In an alarming escalation of transnational repression, Chinese courts have set up "mediation stations" in the United States to perform "overseas procuratorial work” and exert control over the Chinese diaspora. Also: writer Du Daobin was detained for WeChat comments, Italy ordered DeepSeek to stop processing Italians’ data, and hackers have been using Google’s Gemini chatbot for conducting cyberattacks.
HRIC Weekly Brief
In an alarming escalation of transnational repression, Chinese courts have set up "mediation stations" in the United States to perform "overseas procuratorial work” and exert control over the Chinese diaspora. Also: writer Du Daobin was detained for WeChat comments, Italy ordered DeepSeek to stop processing Italians’ data, and hackers have been using Google’s Gemini chatbot for conducting cyberattacks.