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I was one upvote. I find it fascinating that a government can deploy a police department in a foreign nation. The local troopers and sheriff in my neck of the

I was one upvote. I find it fascinating that a government can deploy a police department in a foreign nation. The local troopers and sheriff in my neck of the woods have very limited abilities once they leave their jurisdiction.

metadat 4y ago
No doubt.. 2020's have become the era of Team China: World Police (No Escape Edition). Maybe there are only about 5 sentient humans patrolling /new at the moment. Cheers compadre. Sometimes I wish we could all chat while sitting there idly refreshing /new.
- walterbell 4y ago
  > patrolling /new ... wish we could all chat What would be the difference between /new voters chatting and a coordinated voting clique? Perhaps if the chat was archived and public, like surveillance of Wall. St. traders, it could show that the chatters on /new were _not_ talking about /new, but then why have a chat among people watching /new? HN ranking graph for this story, which has been stable on the third page with ~70s ranking: https://hnrankings.info/33049729/ https://hnrankings.info/33049729/
  - metadat 4y ago
    Didn't know about hnrankings, that is nice. Thank you!
brnt 4y ago
It helps a lot that China does not have to observe basic concepts like jurisdictions, proportionality or a separation of powers. Laws that are in the way can be simply ignored, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. The audacity of operating bureau's outside of its territory is fascinating and scary. For all the criticism that certain western democracies deserve of operating clandestine foreign bureaus, they weer bever normalized as a simpele police outfit targetting its own nationals.