China Institute Acting as a Cultural United Front in the US

A street in New York's Chinatown is empty, the result of citywide restrictions calling for people to stay indoors and maintain social distancing in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, in New York on March 28, 2020. Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo

News Analysis

The role of the China Institute, or Huamei in Chinese, is different from that of ordinary Asian institutions in the United States. The China Institute in New York has become part of Beijing’s efforts to infiltrate the international community.