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Dear John,
It is not surprising that governments known for repressing citizens at home would use their diplomatic outposts to engage in similar efforts to silence dissent across borders. One common transnational repression tactic made possible by these missions is the close monitoring of opposition movements abroad.
Earlier this year, London authorities withdrew their opposition to the Chinese government’s plans to construct a huge “super embassy” on the grounds of the old Royal Mint, only days after thousands of people had participated in a protest against the project. The about-face in favor of construction of the 5.5-acre Chinese facility has sparked fears among United Kingdom residents from China—some of whom are the targets of bounties imposed by Beijing—that it could be used to enable acts of transnational repression.
This dispute is just the latest in a larger, global dilemma, one that requires a greater commitment to human rights and democratic values to counter.
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