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It applies to all governments but you are always at most risk from your local government.

I am speaking of america or whichever your own local government or country is. Your government practically speaking has the legal monopoly to murder, torture and kidnap you. Chinese (if you aren't Chinese and not on their territory) does not have any legal power over you.

Of course the CCP is your biggest threat when you are in their territory, just like how the American government is your biggest threat back home. Actually not even only in your home, given its extraditionary powers which I haven't checked but should be one of the stronger ones when it comes to 'extradited to usa'. Either case, on American territory and especially as an American citizen, the American police and American government is your biggest threat vs any other foreign power.

The Chinese police has little to no power to arrest you if you are an American citizen while you are in America, legally not at all, and practically they would need to expend great effort to do so. The American police has a "god gifted" power to arrest and kill you while you are in America, both legally and practically. These are simple, plain facts of the geopolitics and how governments are organized.

Moreover any such Chinese agents if caught will go through some rather unpleasant processes, does not seem usually the case for American cops even brazenly caught in various misdeeds.

Its almost tautological and by definition that your local government has legally granted power (might even say monopoly practically speaking) for violence and kidnapping over you. A distant foreign government has to expend great resources to do the same for you which your government would do with a stroke of the pen. Sometimes even without that thin veneer.

And how many do your governments officially stamped thugs arrest? You don't even need to look up any stats to guess its in the ballpark of thousands or perhaps even the million per year.

Edit: example stats for 2016 sourced from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_St...

In 2016, there were an estimated 1.2 million violent crimes committed in the United States.[88] Over the course of that year, U.S. law enforcement agencies made approximately 10.7 million arrests, excluding arrests for traffic violations.[88] In that year, approximately 2.3 million people were incarcerated in jail or prison.[89]

I'll just ask a simple question, if you are an American citizen which governments uniformed thugs have the ability to kidnap or kill you: the American or Chinese government? Which of these does not even need to send secret agents or beat your country in a war and has free legal permission to kidnap and kill you?

If you computed the results of this problem, the next question I ask is whom are you at more risk from?