Minnesota home to clandestine Chinese 'police station'.

The Star Tribune published a series of reports in 2020 on theUniversity of Minnesota’s close connections to China.According to the reports, more than 3,000 Chinese students were enrolled at the university at the time along with more than 230 professors and 400 visiting faculty.

The reports said university leaders and staff had made more than 700 trips to China over the prior three years to recruit students, “pursue research collaborations, nurture relationships with alumni and sign partnership deals with Chinese universities.”

A timeline published with the reports said former university president Eric Kaler visited China eight times during his tenure.

The Department of Justice announced charges this week against two men who allegedly opened and operated an "illegal overseas police station" in lower Manhattan on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The purpose of this operation was to "monitor and intimidate dissidents and those critical" of the Chinese government, Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen explained in a Monday news release.

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