Every year during the Chinese Lunar New Year, an Asian-American parade is held by the community of Flushing, New York, to celebrate the most important holiday in Chinese culture. However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been paying immigrants from mainland China to hold the communist China’s national flag at the celebration every year to promote the regime and insert its presence in the overseas Chinese community.
However, this year, although the CCP’s red flags were out, few people carried them. Instead, the flags were hung unguarded on fences belonging to the local police station.