US arrests two men over Chinese ‘police station’ in New York
By DW
19 April 2023 |
2:27 pm
Two New York residents are facing charges of conspiring to act as agents of the Chinese government. US prosecutors also charged 34 Chinese security officials over an alleged campaign to monitor and harass dissidents.
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