[WarOnPrivacy]

    China has a right to target people outside of its borders
    who contravene its new law on ethnic unity, a senior  official
    said on Wednesday, adding that this was in line with international
    practice, and was legal and necessary.

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Economic sanctions is their usual practices. It is nothing more than a word game frequently played by Western media, The word "target" was chosen deliberately to conjure up thoughts of assassination or arrest.