Chinese officials, who have previously praised the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as “great,” celebrated Lunar New Year with several New York Democratic Party leaders on Sunday.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Manhattan Congresswoman Grace Lee, and Manhattan Borough President Mark D. Levine will be visiting Consul General Huang Ping of the Chinese Consulate General in New York during the Lunar New Year. I stood next to you. Manhattan Year Parade.
“So happy to join @SenSchumer @GovKathyHochul @graceleefornyc @NYCMayor @MBPMarkLevine and many other American friends and Chinese compatriots for the New York City Lunar New Year Celebration Parade Festival,” Huang said Sunday, previously on Twitter Written on Platform X, which was known as. “Wishing everyone a healthy and fruitful Year of the Dragon!”
“I’m proud to say I’m a fighter for comprehensive immigration reform that will allow more Chinese people to come to the United States,” Schumer said in a speech to the crowd. , reported National Review.
Other remarks reportedly included bridging the gap between the American and Chinese communities and fighting anti-Asian prejudice.
After the Chinese national anthem rang out in Manhattan, Schumer waved the flag of the People’s Republic of China, according to National Review.
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Mr. Huang called before. The Communist Party of China is a “great political party” and denies that China targets Muslim Uyghurs in China.
“There are a lot of lies here that have been fabricated by some people with their own political agenda,” Huang said. Said in an interview in August 2021, denied the existence of genocide and concentration camps targeting the Uyghur people. “As I said earlier, there is no genocide, and there is no evidence whatsoever to prove that there was a genocide or anything. It’s just a slander.”
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In addition to praising the Chinese Communist Party, Mr. Huang has repeatedly promoted the party’s talking points on social media, appearing to amplify Chinese President Xi Jinping’s agenda.
Huang Ping, Legal Advisor of the People’s Republic of China, attended the Columbia University event. (General of the People’s Republic of China)
“It’s unwise to share a stage with someone who is known to serve propaganda for the Chinese Communist Party, and it’s kind,” Michael Sobolik, a senior fellow at the U.S. Foreign Policy Council, told Fox News Digital. . “Senator Schumer, Governor Hochul, and Mayor Adams have criticized Huang Ping for using his official social media accounts to deny the Chinese Communist Party’s genocide of Uyghurs, spread the Chinese Communist Party’s disinformation about Taiwan, and criticize the Chinese government’s oppression of Tibet. You should have known that you were cheating.”
“Their promotion of consul general raises serious questions about their judgment and the extent of the Chinese Communist Party’s negative influence on New York City,” Sobolik said.
Hwang has met several times with New York City elected officials in the past. Last year, he stood next to Adams at New York’s China Day Celebration Parade Festival.and fox news digital previously reported Hochul and Hwang reportedly met in April 2019, when she was lieutenant governor, to discuss cooperation between New York and China.
Earlier this year, Huang gave a keynote speech at the China-America Business Alliance’s 2024 New Year event.
“Let’s work together for more practical cooperation and mutual benefit between the two peoples,” he wrote in X magazine last month.
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Calls made to the offices of Mr. Hochul, Mr. Adams, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Lee and Mr. Levine were not returned.
FOX News’ Andrew Mark Miller and Cameron Cawthorn contributed to this report.
