Unable to shut down foreign media or think tanks, and without the ability to expel intellectuals not based in China, the CCP has hijacked the legal systems in Canada, Australia, the Czech Republic, Taiwan and elsewhere, to accomplish what it cannot do on its own.
In almost all cases, this attempt at extraterritorial censorship was made possible by legal systems that have a low threshold for libel suits, or judges that are willing to accept just about any lawsuit. In some instances, the Chinese plaintiff subsequently found itself in legal trouble abroad over the very activities exposed by the researchers it targeted.
What many of the cases have in common is the frivolous nature of the lawsuits and their overt attack on free inquiry. In several cases, the plaintiff knew from the outset that it had little, if any, chance of winning in court, but nevertheless chose to proceed with the lawsuit.
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