On a warm, rainy fall morning in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I parked my sedan on an unremarkable American suburban cul-de-sac. I had to double-check the address of my stop as each house in the circle was a slightly modified version of the next. My destination house had thoroughly embraced the season: scarecrows, mums, and bales of hay adorned its tidy entryway. Noting the American flag flanking the front door, I thought the occupant of this house could be a good neighbor, a good citizen, a good American. But this was no neighborly visit: I was there in a professional capacity—as an FBI agent conducting an interview following the arrest of a former New York City police officer accused of working for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) government.
Read the whole story, by Dawn Norris Doak, here: https://epicenter.wcfia.harvard.edu/article/americans-crosshairs-chinese-transnational-repression