Chinese police will soon be patrolling streets alongside local counterparts in Hungarian cities, according to a new agreement inked last month by Hungarian Minister of the Interior Sandor Pinter and Chinese Minister for Public Safety Wang Xiaohong. It’s aim is to boosting security in well-trafficked tourist areas, the Ministry of the Interior told Hungarian news portal Telex last week.

This official law enforcement presence follows allegations that China has been operating clandestine “police stations” in dozens of cities worldwide. In a 2022 report, Spain-based human rights organization Safeguard Defenders detailed how this shadowy network, believed to be part of the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front influence apparatus, intimidate and surveil dissidents, asylum-seekers, and ethnic minorities living abroad.

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