With F.B.I. Search, U.S. Escalates Global Fight Over Chinese Police Outposts

F.B.I. counterintelligence agents raided a suspected Chinese police outpost operating in New York’s Chinatown, escalating a global dispute over more than a hundred suspected off-the-books police centers.

Beijing says the outposts aren’t doing police work, but Chinese state media reports say they “collect intelligence” and solve crimes far outside their jurisdiction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/world/europe/china-outpost-new-york.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesworld