The Guardian-Chinas consul general in New York reportedly expelled
September 4, 2024 2 min 352 words
这篇报道主要内容是，中国驻纽约总领事黄平被美方驱逐，原因是纽约州前州长霍楚（Kathy Hochul）的一名助手林达阳（Linda Sun）被指控为中国政府充当秘密代理人。霍楚在无关的公开活动中透露了这一消息。美方称，林达阳在纽约州政府任职期间，推动了中国政府的偏好政策，包括拒绝台湾政府官员进入州长办公室。林达阳及其丈夫否认所有指控。 评论：这篇报道有明显的偏见，试图营造一种中国渗透美国的氛围，并挑起人们对中国政府的不信任。报道中，记者使用“秘密代理人”“渗透”等措辞，暗示中国对美国的干预，但对林达阳夫妇的指控没有提供充分证据，仅以检察官的说法为依据。此外，报道中提到的“南京咸鸭”等细节，试图营造一种中国政府收买官员的氛围。但实际上，这种礼物交换在文化交流中很常见，不一定有交换条件。报道没有提到中国外交部对这一事件的回应，也未体现中美政府对此事件的正式态度。总的来说，这篇报道有明显的倾向性，缺乏客观公正。
China’s consul general in New York has been expelled, CNN reported on Wednesday, deepening the crisis swirling around the former aide of the New York governor, Kathy Hochul, who has been charged with acting as a secret agent for the Chinese government.
The news network said that Hochul had broken the news about the expulsion of Huang Ping, the consul general, at an unrelated event. She told reporters that she told the Chinese consulate she wanted the Ping expelled after she had been in touch with the US state department at the request of the secretary of state, Antony Blinken.
“I have conveyed my desire to have the counsel general from the People’s Republic of China and the New York mission expelled, and I’ve been informed that the counsel general is no longer in the New York mission,” she said.
No confirmation of the expulsion has yet been made by either the Chinese or the US governments.
The reported expulsion of a top Chinese diplomat comes 24 hours after Linda Sun was charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, money laundering conspiracy, visa fraud and alien smuggling. Sun had risen to the rank of deputy chief of staff to Hochul having also worked for the previous New York governor Andrew Cuomo.
She worked for state government for about 15 years until she was fired by Hochul after the governor’s office said it had discovered “evidence of misconduct”. Hochul said that her former aide had demonstrated an “absolute betrayal of the trust of two administrations in state government”.
Sun’s husband, Chris Hu, was also charged with money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. They have both pleaded not guilty to all charges and are out on bond.
Sun had promoted policies favored by the Chinese government while working for New York state, including turning away Taiwanese government officials from the governor’s office, according to prosecutors. In return, Hu was allegedly granted preferable treatment for his China-based businesses and the couple received gifts such as “Nanjing-style salted ducks”.