THREAD: Chinese students and professionals are being subjected to surveillance, threats and other forms of intimidation for criticising the CCP while on British soil. I highlight some of their voices in my new story The Guardian on transnational repression: theguardian.com/global-develop…

“Often at protests, there are middle-aged Chinese men standing a bit further apart, looking at us. They’re not joining—just examining,” Liying*, a student in her 20s, told me. She has since been followed a 2nd time and started receiving anonymous calls from China to her UK number