New York City mayor Eric Adams, New York GOP officials, and other politicians rubbed elbows with a pro–Chinese Communist Party activist during a rally in Brooklyn for the Lunar New Year holiday last weekend. This was the latest of many frequent interactions between top political figures in the state and pro-Beijing figures.
The pro-Beijing activist is John Chan, the chairman of BRACE, a community group that positions itself as an organization for Asian-American empowerment in New York City. Adams appeared onstage with Chan and accepted an award from him, though City Hall asserts that the two men are not friends.
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