China increasingly using foreign nationals as leverage in ‘hostage diplomacy’: Report

Beijing: The growing number of cases involving foreign nationals detained by Chinese authorities reveals an increasingly alarming pattern of Beijing using foreign citizens as leverage to pressure other governments, in what amounts to “hostage diplomacy”, a report has stated. It noted that the trend suggests that earlier cases may have represented only a small fraction […]

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