<blockquote>'If the Chinese government’s Orwellian drive at home does not alarm the international community, its willingness to export that approach should. It’s not just the liberty of people in China at stake — it is the liberty of people across the globe.'
- Human Rights Watch,
China’s Dystopian Push to Revolutionize Surveillance, August 18, 2017</blockquote>
<blockquote>'"Interpol claims to operate according to international human rights standards, but China has already shown a willingness to manipulate the system," Sophie Richardson, the group's China director, said in a statement. "And with China's vice-minister of public security ... as president, Interpol's credibility is on the line."
The Ministry of Public Security is China's main police agency, charged not only with preventing crime but with silencing and detaining critics of the ruling Communist Party, often outside the letter of the law.
Also speaking at the Interpol meeting was U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who said the international police organization is also responsible for protecting civil liberties and the public's right to privacy.
"Law enforcement authorities have dual obligations. They are responsible for protecting public safety and for protecting the civil liberties — including privacy rights — of citizens," a U.S. Embassy statement quoted him as saying.
Chinese politics expert Willy Lam said China has been using its economic heft to influence groups such as Interpol to further the party's foreign and domestic policy aims.
Lam pointed to cases where the line has blurred between accusations of corruption and apparent attempts to retaliate against those who make allegations against members of the Communist leadership, such as outspoken businessman Guo Wengui.'
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China Hosts Interpol Meeting Amid Concerns Over Abuse, September 26, 2017</blockquote>
<blockquote>'For three decades Human Rights Watch has documented widespread human rights violations by China’s police with almost complete impunity. Since President Xi Jinping assumed power in China in 2013, the Chinese government has carried out its harshest and most systematic crackdown on human rights since the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. Authorities have not only targeted peaceful critics of the government and Chinese Communist Party inside the country, they have also increasingly reached beyond China’s borders to intimidate or silence those they perceive as problematic, often using law enforcement as a pretext for forcing someone to go to China.'
- Human Rights Watch,
Letter from HRW To Interpol Secretary General Stock, September 24, 2017</blockquote>
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'..China's Credit growth is on track to surpass $3.5 Trillion in 2017.'</blockquote>