Take that, China!
Via The Blaze:
The Obama administration has admonished the Chinese government to cease its campaign of undercover agents operating in the U.S. to pressure expatriates to return to China.
The covert operation, codenamed “Operation Fox Hunt,” is Beijing’s global crusade to find and return Chinese fugitives, according to the New York Times. The Chinese agents are most likely entering the U.S. with tourist or trade visas and are not acknowledged as being in the country on official government business, further escalating tension between Washington and Beijing.
American officials say they have evidence to show the covert Chinese agents are using strong-arm tactics in order to convince the fugitives to return to their country, including threats against their family members.
Steve Tsang, a senior fellow at the University of Nottingham’s China Policy Institute, echoed that claim to the Times, adding that the threats against family members can oftentimes be “very imaginative.”
The New York Times reported that the State Department’s warning could be the catalyst for the FBI and Department of Homeland Security working to expel those agents from the U.S. Both government agencies reportedly have evidence of the Chinese agents operating within the country by monitoring the agents themselves and from reports from expatriates.