Hochul Aide Cultivated Tight Relationship with CCP-Backed Hong Kong Government, Emails Show

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul at a press conference in New York, February 20, 2025.

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A senior aide in the administration of New York Governor Kathy Hochul maintained a warm and enthusiastic working relationship with officials from the Chinese Communist Party–controlled government of Hong Kong, long after Beijing began a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement.

The New York Chinese Consulate’s efforts to subvert the state government are well established, but correspondence obtained exclusively by National Review reveals that the Beijing-backed, authoritarian Hong Kong government enjoyed a level of access to Hochul’s office that was previously unknown.

Jimmy Quinn

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Jimmy Quinn

Jimmy Quinn is the former national security correspondent for National Review.

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