{"id":1229710,"date":"2022-01-21T11:37:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T16:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1229710"},"modified":"2022-01-21T11:37:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T16:37:26","slug":"report-china-using-family-threats-kidnapping-to-repatriate-hundreds-fleeing-communism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-china-using-family-threats-kidnapping-to-repatriate-hundreds-fleeing-communism\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: China Using Family Threats, Kidnapping to &#039;Repatriate&#039; Hundreds Fleeing Communism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-china-using-family-threats-kidnapping-to-repatriate-hundreds-fleeing-communism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1229710&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Chinese Communist Party forcibly <a href=\"https:\/\/safeguarddefenders.com\/en\/blog\/involuntary-returns-report-exposes-long-arm-policing-overseas\">repatriated<\/a> 1,114 Chinese nationals in 2021 through a state-run program called Skynet according to the findings of a report published by the&nbsp;human rights NGO Safeguard Defenders on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I]n the first 11 months of 2021, some 1,114 persons were returned,\u201d the organization wrote in its January 18 report.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Safeguard Defenders referred to returns of Chinese nationals through Skynet, which China\u2019s ruling Communist Party established in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt current speed, based on official [Chinese] government data, the total number of people returned via Skynet would have surpassed 10,000 sometime in December 2021, the majority being involuntary returns,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party formed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2015-03\/27\/content_19933384.htm\">Skynet<\/a> in 2015 as an upgraded version of a similar program called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-corruption\/corrupt-chinese-hiding-in-western-nations-elude-beijings-fox-hunt-idUSKBN0GS01S20140828\">Fox Hunt<\/a> launched in 2014. Beijing formed the twin entities in an alleged effort to \u201crepatriate and return\u201d an estimated 18,000 Chinese government officials who reportedly fled China after Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping came to power in 2013, according to Safeguard Defenders.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Chinese state-run news site published, then deleted, an editorial in recent days that argued every Chinese Communist Party (CCP) member should have three children to help reverse China\u2019s declining birth rate, the Guardian reported. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QjOUX2QtGi\">https:\/\/t.co\/QjOUX2QtGi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1470157360870133760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>China Daily<\/em>, a Chinese government newspaper,&nbsp;described Foxhunt as targeting \u201ccorrupt officials and suspected economic criminals who have fled the country\u201d when it reported on Skynet\u2019s debut in March 2015. It noted that China\u2019s Ministry of Public Security, which directly administered Fox Hunt, would \u201ccontinue to focus on detaining fugitive suspects implicated in corruption cases\u201d through Skynet. <em>China Daily<\/em> is owned by the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s Publicity Department.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s ruling Communist Party has explored \u201calternative\u201d means of extradition to return alleged Chinese fugitives to their homeland through the joint Fox Hunt-Skynet operation since 2014, according to Safeguard Defenders\u2019 January report. The Communist Party adopted such measures due to extradition laws that vary greatly across the globe and effectively hamper Beijing\u2019s forced repatriation attempts.<\/p>\n<p>According to Safeguard Defenders, Beijing\u2019s \u201cnon-traditional\u201d extradition methods include: \u201cthreatening\u201d a fugitive or suspect\u2019s family in China; sending Chinese security agents to a foreign country hosting the suspect to \u201cintimidate\u201d him or her into returning home; and \u201cdirect kidnappings.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19578178\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1130614287.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19578178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1130614287-1024x676-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"654\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chinese President Xi Jinping, bottom left, arrives for the closing meeting of the National People\u2019s Congress (NPC) on March 15, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>China\u2019s ruling Communist Party established a \u201clegal framework \u2026 as late as 2018 to legalise and regulate repatriations including involuntary returns that have been carried out in over 120 countries,\u201d Safeguard Defenders recalled on January 18.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis includes an official legal interpretation outlining the use of kidnapping,\u201d the NGO observed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some cases, China uses involuntary returns first,\u201d the report detailed. \u201cIf this fails, it then moves on to legal methods \u2013 extradition or deportation under immigration law.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Communist Chinese regime declared there will be no further examinations of the origins of the coronavirus in China, flatly rejecting calls for new studies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mdnRiieu4a\">https:\/\/t.co\/mdnRiieu4a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1427344522317549572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Safeguard Defenders, which is a <a href=\"https:\/\/safeguarddefenders.com\/en\/about-us#who-we-are\">registered<\/a> European Union (E.U.) \u201cfoundation,\u201d previously <a href=\"https:\/\/safeguarddefenders.com\/en\/blog\/new-investigation-exposes-prc-hunting-taiwanese-overseas\">reported<\/a> on November 30, 2021, that China\u2019s ruling Communist Party had forcibly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/12\/02\/report-beijing-using-extradition-to-force-hundreds-of-taiwanese-into-china\/\">extradited<\/a> over 600 Taiwanese nationals to China between 2016 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing considers Taiwan to be a \u201crenegade\u201d province of China and has increased efforts to intimidate the island and its nationals in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan is an independent island nation located off the southeast coast of China. It operates according to its own democratically elected government and commands its own military. The island is highly coveted by Beijing due in large part to its valuable semiconductor industry, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-world-relies-on-one-chip-maker-in-taiwan-leaving-everyone-vulnerable-11624075400\">produces<\/a> nearly all of the world\u2019s supply of microchips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Communist Party forcibly repatriated 1,114 Chinese nationals in 2021 through a state-run program called Skynet according to the findings of a report published by the\u00a0human rights NGO Safeguard &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1229710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1229710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1229710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1229710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}