A swirl of federal law-enforcement activity related to China’s extensive political influence in New York has not deterred Mayor Eric Adams from pursuing closer ties with China this year.
He and his commissioner for international affairs, Edward Mermelstein, have strengthened diplomatic initiatives with China, some of which appear to involve the country’s consulate general in Manhattan — which allegedly directed the activities of Linda Sun, a former aide to Governor Kathy Hochul whom the FBI arrested this week on foreign-agent charges.
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