Chinese Donor, Fundraiser for NYC Mayor Eric Adams Worked Closely With Communist Party Influence Operation

Chinese Donor, Fundraiser for NYC Mayor Eric Adams Worked Closely With Communist Party Influence Operation
Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, speaks on stage during The 2022 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York in New York City on Sept. 19, 2022. Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit
Micaela Burrow
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A fundraiser and donor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ election campaign heads a non-profit that houses a Chinese overseas police station and works closely with Communist Party influence operations, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found.

Lu Jianshun supported fundraising efforts for Adams through his role as the president of America Changle Association, an organization based in Manhattan’s Chinatown that caters to overseas Chinese from the Changle district of Fuzhou, Fujian Province in China, the DCNF found. Lu himself donated $4,000 to Adams’ mayoral campaign under the adopted name “James Lu” between 2019 and 2021, according to public campaign finance records.