In Francia, la Cina non si ferma davanti a nulla per mettere a tacere i dissidenti

**Le Monde, together with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, has investigated China’s repression of the regime’s opponents overseas. Intimidation, harassment of their families, and false reports to local police are some of the methods China uses to control its diaspora.**

For Jiang Shengda, as for the thousands of people gathered at the Place de la République in Paris on May 5, 2024, the demonstration was about countering the supporters of Chinese President Xi Jinping, drowning out their cheers at the leader’s visit to France. Indeed, when Xi arrived at the airport that day, he was greeted by then prime minister Gabriel Attal and thousands of members of the Chinese diaspora, who waved large French and Chinese flags along his route.

At the same time, at the Place de la République, Jiang, a young dissident artist, was about to speak before the crowd of Tibetans and people opposed to Xi’s visit when he received a call, and then another dozen, from his mother. Jiang did not answer: It was midnight in Beijing, and his mother should have been asleep. “She would obviously tell me not to participate. But I thought I had to do it,” said Jiang, sporting long black hair that framed his face, a goatee on his chin and sunglasses.

After his speech, he called his mother back: The police had contacted his father, “they told him to forbid me from doing anything public while the great leader was here.” Just like Jiang, at least nine other members of his organization, the Front for Freedom in China (FLCN), a collective of dissidents, have faced pressure. Many Tibetans and Uyghurs have also received warnings or threats, often through their relatives who have stayed behind in China.

Together with its partners at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), *Le Monde* investigated China’s transnational repression by interviewing 105 people across 23 countries. Xi’s visit to Europe, including stops in France, Serbia, and Hungary in May 2024, prompted Beijing to mount a surge of its activity against the victims met during the ICIJ’s investigation, titled the “China Targets.”

Most of those interviewed by the ICIJ stated that they had not reported these threats to authorities in their adopted countries. Nevertheless, the issue has been taken seriously, particularly in France. “Our efforts are primarily aimed at collecting reports, which can be hindered by the great caution of victims, who fear for their families and may question the strategies of state services in the countries where they reside,” explained a source in France’s domestic intelligence agency, the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI).

**Read the full article here:** [**https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/04/28/in-france-china-stops-at-nothing-to-silence-dissidents_6740703_4.html**](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/04/28/in-france-china-stops-at-nothing-to-silence-dissidents_6740703_4.html)

China’s idea of ‘diplomacy’ seems to involve shutting up anyone with a different opinion

If you wouldn’t cosy up to the Soviet Union, don’t cosy up to Communist China.

Finnish national news [had article on similar](https://yle.fi/a/74-20157592) topic, sadly it was only in finnish. It is truly baffeling to think that a nation would care so much what their citizens/ex-citizens do abroad.

Why should we in Europe care about chinese citizens problem? If China wants to opress the chinese its fine by me as long as we in Europe get a better trade deal and economic gain

And yet you guys seem all to eager to join up with them to spite America…

Will this get thousands of upvotes like submissions praising China? Probably not