US charges seven over alleged Beijing plot to forcibly repatriate 'elite' Chinese

US attorney in New York criticises 'outrageous violations of national sovereignty' and alleges campaign of harassment against US resident The United States has charged seven Chinese nationals it accuses of waging a surveillance and harassment campaign against a US resident and his family as part of a bid by Beijing to forcibly repatriate one of them back to China. The eight-count indictment, unsealed on Thursday in a US district court in Brooklyn, New York, is the latest case by the justice depa...