Group That Hosted New York’s Chinese Police Station Celebrates July 4

The America ChangLe Association’s conspicuous return to public activities appeared to be an attempt to rehabilitate its image amid federal scrutiny.

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The America Changle Association holds a July 4 celebration at its clubhouse in Lower Manhattan.

Screenshot via Chinatown Film and Television/YouTube

Last year, it hosted an alleged Chinese government-run police station on U.S. soil. But earlier this week, the America ChangLe Association made a conspicuous pivot, reopening its doors to the public for the first time in months to host a July 4 celebration.

Leaders of the community group — which comprises immigrants from China’s Fujian province — gathered at its headquarters in Manhattan’s Chinatown on America’s birthday for a press conference, according to reports in Chinese-language media and a YouTube video of the gathering.

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