China - China pursues journalists and dissidents overseas

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A Chinese political cartoonist who had lived in Thailand for the past seven years, was arrested three weeks ago at Beijing's request and was deported back to China. Two other Chinese dissidents were also extradited, highlighting how China's influence and its oppressive policies are reaching beyond its borders. The Thai police arrested the cartoonist, Jiang Yefei (姜野飞), on 28 October, held him in a prison for illegal immigrants in Bangkok for just over two weeks and finally put him on a plane (...)

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