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Number of Chinese nationals seeking asylum grows tenfold under Xi Jinping
The sharpest rise has come despite growing travel bans under Beijing's zero-COVID policy.
By Amelia Loi for RFA Mandarin
2022.06.21
An analysis by the rights group Safeguard Defenders of figures released by the United Nations' refugee agency showing that the number of Chinese nationals seeking political asylum overseas has skyrocketed in the decade since Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping took power in 2012.