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As the U.S. and at least a dozen other nations are scrambling to investigate reports of China setting up "police stations" abroad, some countries have actively encouraged the Chinese police ties, a new report from a human rights organization said. The report from Safeguard Defenders said it had identified more than 100 centers run by Chinese police around the world, echoing some details in a recent Newsweek investigation into the spread of a network in the U.S. and elsewhere that could be used by Xi Jinping's China for surveillance and harassment of its opponents - and could gain new importance...