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Drew Thompson 唐安竹
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Former DoD official responsible for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia. Currently based in Singapore. Senior Fellow at RSIS.
@HopkinsNanjing alum.
China doesn't release statistics about people leaving the country to seek asylum (and likely does not even have them) so we can't accurately measure the rate of people fleeing China.

The rate of PRC citizens illegally entering the US has increased dramatically in the last three years.
December 19, 2024 at 11:52 PM
That figure is for "visa lodgment" which is an application for asylum sent from outside Australia. Onshore applications by people who already arrived by plane is over 10k the past 12 months.

Boat arrivals (which is focus of the article) can apply for asylum but can't resettle in Australia.
December 19, 2024 at 11:52 PM

New York man pleads guilty to helping run ‘secret Chinese police station’

Chen Jinping’s court admission is the first among cases involving Chinese overseas police outposts, of which there are dozens around the world.
www.rfa.org/english/chin...
December 18, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Alleged Chinese spy tied to Prince Andrew is businessman Yang Tengbo

The well-connected adviser did little to hide his links to the Chinese government.

www.rfa.org/english/chin...
December 14, 2024 at 3:43 AM
China has evolved into the world's leading fishing country with the largest industrial distant-water fishing fleet (DWF).
December 14, 2024 at 1:57 AM