Editing Police (section)

=== Overseas policing ===
{{See also|Chinese police overseas service stations}}
A police force may establish its presence in a foreign country with or without the permission of the host state. In the case of China and the ruling [[Chinese communist party|Communist Party]], this has involved setting up unofficial police service stations around the world, and using coercive means to influence the behaviour of members of the [[Chinese diaspora]] and especially those who hold Chinese citizenship. Political dissidents have been harassed and intimidated in a form of [[transnational repression]] and convinced to return to China.<ref>{{cite web |title=Two Arrested for Operating Illegal Overseas Police Station of the Chinese Government |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-arrested-operating-illegal-overseas-police-station-chinese-government |website=US Department of Justice|date=17 April 2023 }}</ref> Many of these actions were illegal in the states where they occurred. Such police stations have been established in dozens of countries around the world,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Xiao |first1=Bang |title=China establishing overseas police presence in Australia and around the world |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-13/beijing-sets-up-overseas-police-presence-including-in-australia/101512216 |website=ABC News |date=12 October 2022 |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> with some, such as the UK<ref>{{cite news |title=China has closed unofficial 'police stations' in Britain, UK minister says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/07/china-has-closed-unofficial-police-stations-in-britain-uk-minister-says#:~:text=1%20year%20old-,China%20has%20closed%20unofficial%20'police%20stations,in%20Britain%2C%20UK%20minister%20says&text=The%20UK%20security%20minister%2C%20Tom,Chinese%20state%20at%20these%20sites. |website=The Guardian | date=7 June 2023 |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> and the US,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hee |first1=Natalie |title=6 more illegal Chinese police stations allegedly operating in US including Houston |url=https://www.fox26houston.com/news/6-more-illegal-chinese-police-stations-allegedly-operating-in-us-including-houston |website=Fox26 |date=19 April 2023 |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> forcing them to close.