NY’s Chinese Consul General No Longer in Position After Former Hochul Aide Charged as Spy for Beijing

Hochul said she requested his expulsion to send a message to CCP officials who worked with Linda Sun, who was charged as a spy Tuesday.

The Chinese consulate in New York on May 31, 2019. Shutterstock

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Sept. 4 that Chinese consul general Huang Ping is no longer holding his position after her request to the U.S. State Department that he be ousted. The State Department said the diplomat left because he reached the end of a regularly scheduled rotation.

On Sept. 3, a former top-level aide to Hochul was charged with spying for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).