Threatened to Chop Hands Over Call for DemocracyA 25-year-old Chinese music student in Boston has been arrested and charged with stalking over alleged threats to a woman who posted fliers calling for democracy in China.The announcement of the arrest of Xiaolei Wu by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Massachusetts comes at a time of rising concern for U.S. authorities over Beijing's reach into the country to harass and intimidate opponents of China's ruling Communist Party, as reported by Newsweek in a recent investigation.He had told the victim that he had informed the public security agency in China about the victim's actions and that it would "greet" the family back home.Newsweek has reported on increased activity within the United States by alleged agents of China's Communist Party to target those – including U.S. citizens - who speak out against the party or ruler Xi Jinping.Suspected Communist Party agents have been involved at a series of incidents at recent protests in the United States in solidarity with unprecedented demonstrations in China against Beijing's COVID policies, but the Chinese operational network in the United States is very much wider."