{"id":1976852,"date":"2023-07-18T23:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T03:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-places-six-figure-bounty-on-overseas-dissidents\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T23:08:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T03:08:24","slug":"china-places-six-figure-bounty-on-overseas-dissidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-places-six-figure-bounty-on-overseas-dissidents\/","title":{"rendered":"China offers large rewards for capturing dissidents abroad."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fchina-places-six-figure-bounty-on-overseas-dissidents%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=1976852&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><span style=\"font-weight: \u2062400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/communist-china\"\u2062 target=\"_blank\"\u2064 rel=\"noopener\">Chinese<\/a> officials \u2062have announced a\u2063 considerable \u200ccash reward for \u2062any\u200b information\u200d that could lead to\u2063 the \u2062arrest\u200d of eight\u2064 dissidents \u200bwho\u200b fled \u2062the\u200b country \u2014 \u200cincluding\u200d three \u2063former \u200clawmakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200c <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Chinese\u200d Officials Offer\u2062 Cash Reward\u2064 for Arrest of Dissidents<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A bounty \u200bof\u2062 1\u200b million <\/span><a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hong-kong\"><span\u2064 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hong Kong<\/span><\/a><span\u2063 style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200c dollars\u2062 (roughly\u2064 $125,000 \u2064USD) \u200chas been \u200cplaced \u2064on eight\u200b pro-democracy \u2062activists \u2064who fled \u200bthe city \u2064in\u200b the \u2062aftermath of \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hong-kong-newspaper-prints-5x-daily-copies-after-police-raid\/\" title=\"Hong Kong Newspaper Prints 5x Daily Copies After Police Raid\">government crackdown<\/a> on the Hong Kong \u2062protests of 2019-2020. The \u200ddissidents,\u2063 who\u200c currently \u200dreside \u2063in \u200cthe United\u2064 States, \u200cUnited\u200d Kingdom, \u2064and\u200c Australia,\u200c have\u2063 been \u200baccused of \u2064violating Hong\u200d Kong\u2019s national security \u2062law, which criminalized\u200c calls \u2062for \u2063succession,\u2063 independence, \u2064or subversion \u200cof\u2062 the Chinese\u200b government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p><span \u200bstyle=\"font-weight:\u200b 400\">\u201cOur action is\u2063 to \u2063tell everybody\u2064 that \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-china-appears-to-block-online-tiananmen-square-museum-follows-crackdown-on-other-exhibits\/\" title=\"Communist China Appears To Block Online Tiananmen Square Museum, Follows Crackdown On Other Exhibits\">endangering national security<\/a>\u2063 is not \u200csomething \u2064we will tolerate,\u201d\u200c Hong Kong \u2062Chief Executive John \u200dLee told the \u2064press \u2062during a weekly\u200b briefing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: \u200c400\">Hong Kong was\u2064 seized\u200c from China \u200dby the\u200c British \u200cduring\u2062 the\u200d First\u2063 Opium War and was\u200d administered as \u200ca\u2064 British \u200bcolony\u200d for \u2063nearly\u200c a\u200c century and a\u2064 half. \u2063During that\u200d time\u2063 it became a \u2063major trading \u200bcenter, \u2063and\u200c for\u2063 decades\u2062 it was \u2063consistently \u200branked highly on\u200d measures\u2063 of\u200b economic \u200bfreedom and \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-arrogant-racism-of-rejecting-a-white-translator-in-favor-of-someone-who-is-preferably-black\/\" title=\"The Arrogant Racism Of Rejecting A White Translator In Favor Of Someone Who Is \u2018Preferably Black\u2019\">human development<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u2063 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hong\u2062 Kong \u200dwas \u200cceded \u200cback to China\u2064 in \u200c1997\u200d after \u2063a\u200b 99-year lease\u200b for\u200b a portion \u2063of the\u2064 territory \u2063expired.\u2064 Britain was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:\u200d 400\">technically<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2064 entitled \u2064to \u2064parts of Hong Kong in\u200b perpetuity,\u2062 but \u2062for \u2063political \u200cand logistical reasons, \u200dagreed \u200dto transfer control of the entire territory \u200bto\u200d the\u200b Chinese\u200c Communist\u2063 Party on\u2063 the \u200ccondition\u200c that\u2062 Hong Kong would retain some autonomy for\u200c at least 50\u200d years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span \u200bstyle=\"font-weight: 400\">Hong Kong\u2063 continued to function\u2064 as \u200ba \u2063western-style\u2063 democracy within\u200b China,\u2063 and\u2064 was governed as\u2062 a \u201cspecial administrative\u2063 zone,\u201d but \u200dover the\u200c subsequent decades, the\u2062 Chinese central \u2062government began exerting more \u2064and more \u200dinfluence in \u2063the \u200dcity\u2019s internal affairs.\u2063 Interference \u200cin \u2062local\u2064 elections and a bill \u2063that would \u200ballow citizens\u200c of \u200dHong Kong \u2063to\u2063 be \u200cextradited to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-places-six-figure-bounty-on-overseas-dissidents\/\" title=\"China offers large rewards for capturing dissidents abroad.\">mainland \u2062sparked\u200d massive pro-democracy<\/a>\u200c and\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-carries-out-monstrous-execution-of-journalist-who-encouraged-anti-government-protests\/\" title=\"Iran Carries Out \u2018Monstrous\u2019 Execution of Journalist Who Encouraged Anti-Government Protests\">anti-government protests<\/a>\u200c in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u200d<\/p>\n<p><span \u2064style=\"font-weight: \u200b400\">Those \u2064protests\u2062 were \u200cmet\u2062 with \u200ca \u200bsevere government \u2063crackdown,\u2062 and the \u200bbounties placed by \u200bpolice on the \u2063eight \u2062dissidents \u2064are larger\u2064 than \u200dmany active\u2062 bounties placed \u200con \u200c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.police.gov.hk\/ppp_en\/06_appeals_public\/wanted\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: \u200d400\">rapists\u200c and murderers<\/span><\/a><span \u200bstyle=\"font-weight: \u200b400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2064 <\/p>\n<p><b\u200b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p> \u2062<\/p>\n<p><span \u2062style=\"font-weight: \u2064400\">Anna\u2063 Kwon, one\u2062 of \u2064the eight dissidents\u2062 named\u2063 by\u2062 police,\u2063 told\u2063 TIME magazine that she has to be increasingly careful \u200dwhere \u200cand \u200bhow she travels, \u200dand \u2063has \u2062limited\u200b her\u2063 ability to engage \u200bwith \u200cother members \u2064of \u2063the \u2062Chinese\u200d diaspora.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u2063<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: \u200d400\">\u201cThe\u2064 Hong\u2064 Kong \u200cauthorities are\u200d trying\u200b to rile up \u200ca\u200d mob mentality \u200bamong\u200d pro-Beijing supporters,\u201d\u200c she <\/span><a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6292047\/hong-kong-activists-arrest-warrants-bounties\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:\u200d 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span \u200bstyle=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u200c \u201cIt\u2019s a \u2062usual \u200btactic from\u200c the\u2064 Chinese \u2063Communist\u2063 Party to pit \u2062people\u2063 against people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:\u2064 400\">\u201cDuring the 2019-20 protest\u200c movement, I\u2064 was\u2063 followed,\u2063 struck by \u2064a \u200bcar,\u200d assaulted \u2064with\u2062 pepper\u200d spray and arrested on\u200d multiple\u200b charges,\u201d Ted Hui, \u200dformer member of Hong \u2063Kong\u2019s\u200b Legislative Council \u200band\u2062 another of the\u200c eight\u200d dissidents\u200b with \u2062a\u200c bounty on\u2063 their head, \u2062said \u2063in an editorial \u200bin\u2062 <\/span><a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/china-put-a-bounty-on-my-head-hong-kong-arrest-ccp-democracy-activist-prison-sentence-d5eed82f\"><span style=\"font-weight: \u200d400\">The \u200bWall Street\u200c Journal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: \u200d400\">. \u201c260 \u200bpeople, as young as\u2063 15 and \u200das\u200c old \u2062as 90, \u2063have\u200b been arrested \u200dfor national-security\u200b offenses\u200d that\u2063 carry a \u200dmaximum sentence of\u200d life in prison.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span \u2064style=\"font-weight:\u200c 400\">China \u2064has \u200ccome under \u2062increasing \u2064scrutiny for \u200dits\u2063 targeting \u2064of\u2063 overseas\u2064 dissidents \u2064\u2014 late last \u200byear, watchdog\u2062 organizations\u200c exposed \u200d<\/span><a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Politics\/International-relations\/China-s-100-plus-secret-police-stations-span-from-NY-to-Tokyo#:~:text=China%20has%20set%20up%20at,said%20in%20a%20December%20report.\"><span \u2062style=\"font-weight: \u2062400\">more \u200cthan\u200c 100 \u2064secret\u2062 Chinese\u2063 police\u200c stations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:\u2064 400\">\u2063 that\u2062 were illegally\u200d operating\u2064 in 53 countries, <\/span><a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/feds-arrest-two-men-for-running-illegal-overseas-police-station-for-communist-china-in-nyc-doj\"><span style=\"font-weight: \u2063400\">including \u200dthe\u2063 U.S.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese officials are offering a 1 million Hong Kong dollar reward for information leading to the capture of eight dissidents, including three ex-lawmakers, who escaped the country. 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