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A spokesperson for a Democrat politician is defending a caller gathering pinch a arguable Chinese diplomat, who has many times praised nan Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
"Met pinch Philadelphia's Mayor Parker together pinch Tianjin’s Executive Deputy Mayor Liu Guiping," Huang Ping, who's been nan consul wide of China's New York Consulate since 2018, precocious posted connected X.
"Exchanges astatine nan subnational level keeps fueling China-US relations. Let's support it going," he added.
Over nan past year, Huang has appeared astatine respective salient universities to meet pinch officials contempt his past statements arsenic good arsenic rising concerns from nan American nationalist astir China’s fierce beingness successful nan United States.
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Huang Ping meets pinch Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker.
Huang, who met pinch Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, has antecedently called nan CCP a "great party" and has denied that China is targeting nan Muslim Uyghur organization successful China.
"There are tons of lies here, fabricated by immoderate group pinch their ain governmental agenda," Huang said successful an August 2021 interview, denying nan beingness of genocide and internment camps targeting Uyghurs. "As I said, there's nary genocide, not a azygous grounds to beryllium that there's a genocide aliases thing there. It's conscionable a slandering."
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and nan State Department nether some nan Trump and Biden administrations person assessed that China is committing genocide against nan Uyghurs. Since 2017, nan Chinese authorities has reportedly imprisoned much than a cardinal Uyghurs successful attraction camps where, according to leaked documents from wrong China, detainees are subjected to rape, torture, forced labor, brainwashing and forced sterilization.
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Huang Ping meets pinch Pennsylvania authorities Sen. Sharif Street (Consulate General of nan People's Republic of China successful New York)
"The Mayor and metropolis officials engaged, arsenic protocol and respect dictates, pinch nan charismatic representatives of China," a spokesperson for Mayor Parker's agency told Fox News Digital successful a connection erstwhile asked if nan politician was alert of Huang's erstwhile statements erstwhile she met pinch him.
"This gathering was astir greeting and welcoming nan representatives of our Sister City Tianjin and observe our 45th day arsenic Sister Cities – arsenic we were amongst nan first pairs of sister cities to beryllium established pursuing nan reestablishing of negotiated relationships betwixt nan U.S. & China," nan spokesperson added. "Also nan juncture to cheer nan 50th day of nan first circuit of nan Philadelphia Orchestra successful China."
In summation to praising nan CCP, Huang has many times promoted CCP talking points connected X and amplified nan schedule of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Huang antecedently met pinch Democrat lawmakers successful Pennsylvania arsenic good arsenic pinch a section economical council. He has besides met pinch a long database of officials astatine Ivy League and different prestigious universities.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via AP/File)
Huang's visits pinch apical officials travel amid increasing concerns astir China's beingness successful nan United States successful a assortment of sectors, from academia to authorities to wellness attraction to societal media.
"The Chinese Communist Party is playing for keeps astatine nan atomic level and each furniture beneath that," Michael Sobolik, writer of "Countering China’s Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance," told Fox News Digital. "And it's not conscionable nan universities. The Chinese Communist Party is looking to infiltrate each facet of American society."
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"If we effort to edit undo our measurement retired of this full database of infiltrations and threats that nan CCP sends our guidance that's bully argumentation work. We request to insulate ourselves. But bully housekeeping is nan bare minimum of waging a acold warfare and winning a acold war," Sobolik continued.
"If we're superior astir winning a acold war, it's not capable to conscionable reside these problems that nan Chinese Communist Party has created for America. American policymakers request to spell connected nan violative and create problems for nan CCP to respond to. We request to prehend nan inaugural of this competition."
"Mayor Parker cares astir nan galore different communities and groups successful our respective cities, and will prosecute pinch stakeholders who service and whitethorn correspond them," Parker's agency told Fox News Digital erstwhile asked astir her concerns complete China's increasing beingness successful nan U.S.
"President Biden and nan Biden management grip nan overseas relations of nan United States."
Fox News Digital reached retired to Huang's agency but did not person a response.
Andrew Mark Miller is simply a newsman astatine Fox News. Find him connected Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to [email protected].
