I'm trying to figure out exactly what this crime is even supposed to be: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/eight-individuals-charged-conspiring-act-illegal-agents-people-s-republic-china

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1331941/download

Based on my training and experience, and information learned during the investigation, the conspiracy is part of an international effort coordinated by the PRC government that is known as “Operation Fox Hunt” and “Operation Skynet.” As part of Operation Fox Hunt, the PRC government targets Chinese individuals living in foreign countries that the PRC government alleges have committed crimes under PRC law, and seeks to repatriate them to the PRC to face charges. As discussed more fully below, individuals who have identified themselves as PRC officials and intermediaries acting on their behalf have engaged in illegal conduct in the United States to carry out their goals.

So this looks like an issue of US-China extradition, wherein someone flees from the China to the US in avoidance of prosecution, and the PRC then sends people after that individual.

This villainous scheme was accomplished by...

a scheme to bring John Doe-1’s elderly father, John Doe-2, from the PRC to the United States against the father’s will and to use the unannounced presence of John Doe-2 to threaten and attempt to coerce John Doe-1’s return to the PRC.

having his dad show up and shame him, personally.

They also appear to have

Specifically, RONG JING attempted to hire a private investigator to locate Jane Doe-2, in order to photograph and video record the daughter as part of a campaign to exert pressure on John Doe-1. Thereafter, an unidentified co-conspirator sent harassing messages over social media to Jane Doe-2 and her friends related to the PRC’s interest in repatriating John Doe-1.

been mean to the suspect's daughter on the internet.