Hungary’s interior ministry claimed the deal would improve safety in tourist hotspots or during events that attract large numbers of spectators.
But the plan has drawn criticism from those concerned the agreement will be abused by communist China, which has a lengthy record of human rights abuses.
The patrols could be the first step to establishing secret police stations or used to intimidate the overseas Chinese community, they warned.
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Russian money ain’t worth what it used to be, so Orban needs a new sugar daddy.
He loves the Pooh cock.
- WTF?!
- I thought China denied that there are any Chinese “police” stations in Europe?
I hope the EU permanently cuts Hungary’s funding and takes away their voting rights now. This fascist shit in the middle of Europe has to stop.
Baffling. I read the article but wondering if some kind of rationalization is outlined somewhere else.
Police represent the authority of the state and have a monopoly on violence. They only “earn” that monopoly because ostensibly they have been authorized democratically by the people. (Much more could be said about that) Chinese police in Hungary do not represent Hungarian people and so they should not be in any kind of position of authority.
“They only “earn” that monopoly because ostensibly they have been authorized democratically by the people.”
Well, that might be the social framework fir a democracy. But we are talking about Hungary here.
Sketchy af, but my opinion will depend alot on what exactly will be done.
In certain places in Germany (e.g. Nürnberg train station) the US military police is patrolling (or used to patrol) together with regular German police, because there have been incidents in the past of US army personnel not listening to german police.
What a weird solution to a foreign power soldiers not obeying local law enforcement. Just lock them up, or let the German soldiers handle it.
Seems pretty elegant to me. Don’t U.S. troops have a whole bunch of additional military laws? This way local police don’t need to learn all of that nonsense and the U.S. military get to hold their people to that higher standard while also helping each other out. Probably cheaper and better results for both?
In this particular case it was less about higher standards and more about not listening to local law enforcement.
China should be completely isolated.
Why does China need to extend its police to patrol globally exactly?
Lets them spy on Chinese nationals who are studying and working in the west
That’s also the big thing security experts are actually worried about when they talk about the threat posed by TikTok,
It’s not that it spies just on you, it’s that your instance is also spying on everyone around you. It’ll identify Chinese nationals in your proximity and start collecting data on what they’re up to, and if Beijing doesn’t like what they’re seeing, those police will pay them a visit, not to arrest them of course, just to let them know how disappointed their families will be in them…from inside the reeducation camp.
Does Hungary have a lot of Chinese expats?
If the number is more than 1, then according the Beijing, yes.
Also Hungary is close enough to everyone else that the occasional espionage agent can slip into the rest of Europe more easily
China wants to maintain full control of anyone who it views as it’s citizens (importantly distinct from actual citizens), regardless of whether or not they’re in China, and regardless of whether or not they have PRC citizenship or not.
Most nations would object to this, especially if it involves the PRC exerting jurisdiction within the host country’s borders, potentially on the host country’s citizens, and almost certainly on the host country’s legal residents. Orban, evidently, does not.
Not to defend either, but why does the United States. It’s wrong for either. But at least if a country’s leadership invites them in. That’s on the leadership. And while I’m still for basic gun control. Hungary, if you’re listening, don’t let them take all your guns. As much as the cult members in the US babble about nothing. If it ever actually happened, the outcome has never been good.
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I dearly love all these down votes. LOL. By being unhypocritical and consistent, it’s somehow enough to piss all of y’all off. Even though I agree that China doing this is bad. Simply because I said it’s bad when the US has done it in the past as well. You all lose your shit.
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Actually looking back on this now. I can kind of see how this may have stirred up so many of you. I said China was wrong for doing this. That stirred up the Marxist leninists and tankies. But also pointed out that it’s wrong for America or any other country to do that. Which brought out a screeching horde of neoliberal apologists and imperials. Then I said I supported gun control. Which stirred up the hornet’s nest of conservatives. But said that they should protect their access to guns to defend themselves against what’s to come. Which just pissed off neoliberals again. I guess there’s something mildly heartwarming about it. When you can see groups that so often hypocritically fight against each other so much. Actually be able to come together and attack the same thing/person. Because their shared hypocrisy was exposed.
Do US police patrol the streets of cities overseas? First I’ve heard of it.
Military and military police absolutely have. Afghanistan, Iraq, hell even Japan after the war for a while. There absolutely is a similarly.
- Oh, and how could I have forgotten the actual literal US police action in Asia. Vietnam…
Those were countries that lost their sovereignty. The issue with hungary is that they are essentially giving it up. Hell, WW1 started because serbia rejected the demand of Austrian police with police powers in Serbia, exactly because that is tantamount to giving up sovereignty
This lost their sovereignty argument is kind of bullshit though. You recognize that. Don’t you? How did Iraq lose its sovereignty? The United States invaded and killed their leadership. How did Afghanistan lose its sovereignty. That’s all whole story. Russia invaded then America invaded then America invaded again. If being invaded by someone is enough to qualify as a loss of sovereignty and justification for occupation, that’s a very slippery slope.
With this same defense. It would be possible for China to claim that a number of countries lost their sovereignty as well and therefore must be occupied and policed by them. I think there is a bigger defense for it in terms of countries like Japan. Absolutely. Post world war II. The occupation was always a given. But the United States has not always had that same justification. And justifying our actions in that way is dangerous because it could be just as easily applied to another bad actor like China.
That is not my point. My point is that if an external country is granted police access, it means that the country has essentially lost its sovereignty. With Hungary it is especially aggravating, not because it’s their right to do whatever they want with granting police powers (they can do whatever they want), the issue is that they aren’t a country completely anymore, just like every other EU country. The issue is that because of Schengen, those Chinese police can very easily sneak into other EU countries
It was literally one of your points. And a direct, bad response to what I wrote. Which is why it’s what I responded to.
However, if you go up to my first post. You will find you are arguing with someone who agrees with you on the Hungary front. I basically called for the people there to be on guard against their government and China. That as much as many here want to blame China for this, The leadership of Hungary invited them in. So the responsibility is on them.
Y’know, the whole Japan occupation post-war was kinda necessary given the state Japan was in and how deep their evil leadership went lol
Y’know, I agree largely. But that doesn’t really change the overall trend. Vietnam etc. We, America absolutely had the term world police literally coined for us.
I think it was wrong for us to do much of that, as China policing other countries is also wrong. But I’m surprised and find it quite funny how many here are absolutely offended. But can’t offer a single rebuttal to the overall point. Because it’s absolutely true. So they just down vote circle jerk. Even though we pretty much agree. Just because I had the audacity to hold my country responsible too. Though a lot of it could be because of all the disingenuous ML circle jerking going on elsewhere. Criticizing the US and other Western Nations while defending the same actions elsewhere.
Military police? Absolutely. China’s police are in service to the state much like military police. It definitely tracks.
I think people are pissed off because you state your point in such bad grammar that it borders on unintelligible and vaguely sounds supportive of the Chinese action… And then turn around and write 3 paragraphs against the haters instead of formating your original text.
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