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Korean women swept up in Chinese investigation of online dissent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-1 flex flex-col gap-3 px-4 max-w-3xl mx-auto w-full pt-1\">\n<div data-test-render-count=\"1\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"group relative -tracking-[0.015em] pb-3\" data-is-streaming=\"false\">\n<div class=\"font-claude-response relative leading-[1.65rem] [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:bg-bg-000\/50 [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:border-0.5 [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:border-border-400 [&amp;_.ignore-pre-bg&gt;div]:bg-transparent [&amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8 [&amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 standard-markdown\">\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Chinese police investigating online criticism of a military parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of &#8220;Victory Day&#8221; are targeting North Korean female defectors\u2014who are illegal aliens in China\u2014confiscating phones and bringing them in for questioning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Multiple sources in China told Daily NK recently that Chinese police have been cracking down on online criticism of the Chinese Communist Party, the People&#8217;s Liberation Army and the leaders of Russia and North Korea who attended the military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;Posts that criticize Chinese President Xi Jinping for standing beside Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin at Tiananmen Square\u2014a sacred historical site infused with the spirit of the Cultural Revolution\u2014were spreading on Weibo,&#8221; the source said, referring to China&#8217;s popular microblogging platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;Remarks about Kim Jong Un have led investigators to consider female defectors as being potentially implicated in the posts and to bring them in for questioning,&#8221; the source said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">In Hubei and Hunan provinces and the cities of Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin, female defectors have described police confiscating electronic devices during home raids or calling them to stations for questioning. Some women reportedly still cannot retrieve their devices days later.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"><strong>Fear spreads through defector communities<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;One female defector in Shanghai was so afraid of being sent back to North Korea that she fled with her Chinese husband to relatives living far away, leaving her children with her mother-in-law. Another female defector in Tianjin became so anxious about receiving a police summons following Kim Jong Un&#8217;s visit to China that she had to be hospitalized,&#8221; said another source in China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;In Chongqing, one female defector&#8217;s children have been watching the gate every night to make sure their mother isn&#8217;t taken away. As that story spread through the community, Chinese neighbors said they felt sorry that defectors were being blamed for critical posts written by Chinese citizens. Some locals said they don&#8217;t want authorities harassing defectors who have married Chinese citizens and started families,&#8221; the source added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Police in some areas have explained that questioning and device inspections should not be interpreted as part of a repatriation campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;A female defector who has long been the live-in girlfriend of a Chinese man was reassured by police that they were only investigating criticism about the military parade posted by subversive elements, which had nothing to do with sending people back to North Korea,&#8221; the source said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Chinese police included female defectors in their investigation because defectors might be connected with online criticism of Kim Jong Un, and because defectors\u2014lacking valid identification\u2014must use phones registered under other people&#8217;s names.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Criticism of the military parade in online communities is being treated as a political issue in China. Italian news agency Agenzia Nova reported Sept. 5 that a man was arrested in Xiangyang, Hubei province, for posting critical comments about the parade. Video news outlet Zhangwen Shixun reported Sept. 6 that a 47-year-old Hubei man was arrested September 3 for expressing &#8220;inappropriate opinions&#8221; about the &#8220;Victory Day&#8221; parade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;On an official level, police are identifying and punishing Chinese who disparaged the military parade. But covertly, they are also inspecting mobile devices of female defectors who are illegal aliens here. 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