At least in the US the Chinese government is letting their (supposed) agents dangle for doing this: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-are-chinas-allege

At least in the US the Chinese government is letting their (supposed) agents dangle for doing this: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-are-chinas-alleged-secret-overseas-police-stations https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-are-chinas-allege... So there are 2 differences here: - targeting their own citizens rather than the host nations - not killing them Those are pretty big differences for international relations purposes.