US Persecuting Pro-China Dissidents?

I don't buy the whole "Chinese police station in New York City" moral panic. Smells fishy and sounds just like what the US State department does in every other country.

https://apnews.com/article/chinese-government-justice-department-new-york-police-transnational-repression-05624126f8e6cb00cf9ae3cb01767fa1