China deports US suspected child sex abuser in law enforcement push to improve ties
The Chinese authorities located the suspect and detained him at the US’ request, the report said, adding that the suspect did not commit any child sex crimes in China.
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Unravelling China’s role in the US fentanyl crisis
The deportation follows a US move in June to send two fugitives suspected of “serious criminal offences” back to China.
The US and China do not have an extradition agreement but Washington has handed over a few fugitives wanted by Chinese authorities since President Xi Jinping rolled out his anti-corruption campaign.
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US, China join forces to counter global fentanyl trade
China and the US have stepped up law-enforcement cooperation since Xi met his counterpart Joe Biden in San Francisco in November and agreed to work together in a number of areas.
In that time, senior officials from the Chinese Ministry of Public Security and the US Department of Homeland Security have had several meetings to discuss law enforcement cooperation, including a number on narcotics that resulted in “important progress”, according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Last week, a total of 116 Chinese illegal immigrants were also deported from the US in the first large charter flight since 2018.
The US has had a surge in Chinese immigrants trying to enter the US from Mexico. More than 37,000 Chinese nationals were arrested on the southern border in 2023, 10 times more than the previous year, according to Associated Press.