Senior State Department Official Confirms That China’s Consul Was Not Expelled

Deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell confirmed that the State Department declined to declare China’s consul general in New York persona non grata after Governor Kathy Hochul requested his expulsion over the foreign-agent scandal that rocked her office earlier this month.

After federal prosecutors brought a case against Linda Sun, a former aide to Hochul, on charges that she acted under the direction of Chinese diplomats in New York, the governor told reporters that she called a high-ranking State Department official to ask that Chinese consul general Huang Ping be expelled. Although court documents do not name the Chinese officials who were involved in the alleged criminal scheme, Huang is widely understood to be one of the officials who appears in the indictment.

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Deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell confirmed that the State Department declined to declare China’s consul general in New York persona non grata after Governor Kathy Hochul requested his expulsion over the foreign-agent scandal that rocked her office earlier this month.

After federal prosecutors brought a case against Linda Sun, a former aide to Hochul, on charges that she acted under the direction of Chinese diplomats in New York, the governor told reporters that she called a high-ranking State Department official to ask that Chinese consul general Huang Ping be expelled. Although court documents do not name the Chinese officials who were involved in the alleged criminal scheme, Huang is widely understood to be one of the officials who appears in the indictment.