This is brutal 😞
I think outside of USA/Europe there will be many of us who have different concerns regarding our views and speech that we share online. It's important to be aware of those laws that exist in more repressive regimes. An example, a middle aged housewife in HK has been imprisoned for sharing, not writing, some social media posts that were critical of government. She didn't even get much engagement on the shared posts. She was charged with sedition.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230726-sedition-clampdown-hits-ordinary-hong-kongers
Discussion
Under the ccp's NSL that was implemented in July 2020, the law actually applies to all humans on earth no matter their nationality and no matter their geographical location. If a country has extradition agreements with china then, theoretically even transiting through such a country, if someone is of enough concern for ccp, they could be detained and sent to HK/china for trial. Of note is that France, Spain and Portugal are among the countries that do cooperate with extradition to china. The covid madness that dominated the news at that time meant that the implementation of that law went mostly unnoticed outside of the HK diaspora. Unfortunately, the world remains shockingly naive to the implications.
Holy crap.
France
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Ukraine
South Africa
Philippines (hope I didn't butcher this)
Indonesia
South Korea
A more up to date map. There seems to be a bit of "nuance" for some countries (Australia?) in terms of it being official/unofficial. The previous map from 2020 is prior to a number of countries that have since suspended extradition agreements. I have heard that Italy might suspend agreements but their "underworld" has close cooperation with ccp so there is likely some negotiating to be done!
Current Status of signed vs ratified extradition agreements with china
