The US Department of State has denied that China’s consul general in New York has been expelled, amid a swirling crisis around New York governor Kathy Hochul’s former aide, who has been charged with acting as a secret agent for the Chinese government.
CNN reported on Wednesday that Hochul had broken the news about the apparent expulsion of Huang Ping, the consul general, at an unrelated event. She told reporters that she told the Chinese consulate she wanted Ping expelled after she had been in touch with the US state department at the request of the secretary of state, Antony Blinken.
