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After ranked votes were tabulated, she came in second to then-Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and she carried most of Manhattan south of Harlem and much of northwestern Brooklyn. That all changed on May 10, 2021, when the Times editorial board endorsed her for mayor, catapulting her to near the front of the crowded race.

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After meeting with Friedman, Wang visited with the head of CGTN America, a TV station controlled by the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda department.Wonder where New York Times readers live? A map of which neighborhoods in New York City voted for then-Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia for mayor last summer would be a good place to start.įor most of her campaign, the de Blasio appointee had very little support or name recognition among average voters despite being respected in political circles. The center touted the stateside trips as an overseas think tank 'engagement mission … filled with productive meetings.' Wang met with leaders of several groups known for sympathetic views toward China, including the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the Asia Society, and the U.S.-China Business Council. The director of national intelligence called the united front 'a coalition of entities working towards CCP goals' that plays a leading role in China's 'foreign influence efforts.' The Biden administration in an intelligence memo last month sounded the alarm about the united front. The Center for China and Globalization has downplayed its links to the Chinese government, saying that it is 'independent from direct government control.' But the organization acknowledges that Wang advises several Chinese government agencies and serves on two organizations-Western Returned Scholars Association and the China Overseas Friendship Association-that are both part of the CCP's united front. The Gray Lady came under fire for the piece for failing to disclose that Wang is a Chinese government adviser. And he portrayed China as a potential peacemaker in Ukraine in a Times op-ed in March. Like Friedman, Wang also criticized Pelosi for her Taiwan visit, calling it a 'very, very bad move' in an interview with Bloomberg News over the weekend. The State Department said in May that Chinese Communist Party media outlets 'routinely amplify Kremlin propaganda, conspiracy theories, and disinformation.' officials have publicly criticized Beijing for supporting Russia, as the Times reported last month. While criticizing Pelosi's trip in an interview last week, Friedman said that 'China is helping us' in Ukraine and cautioned against 'poking the bear right now.' But U.S.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist has also made inaccurate claims about China's efforts to deter Russia's actions in Ukraine.

Chinese state media last year touted Friedman's remarks in an interview with Wang that America could not succeed without a 'healthy relationship with China.' He conducted a glowing interview in 2019 with the head of the Chinese tech giant Huawei, in which he asked what 'America loses' by blocking the company from building 5G infrastructure because of its links to Chinese intelligence. The think tank has been linked to China's united front system, which the Communist Party uses to influence 'universities, think tanks, scholars, journalists,' and government officials, according to a Trump administration report.įriedman, reportedly one of President Joe Biden's favorite newspaper columnists, wrote in a Times column on Tuesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D., Calif.) trip to Taiwan is 'utterly reckless.' The columnist has repeatedly urged government officials to take a softer stance toward Beijing. Wang advises the Chinese government, is an official at two united front organizations, and helped develop China's controversial 'Thousand Talents' program, which the FBI says Beijing uses to steal trade secrets from American companies and create national security risks for the U.S. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman last month hosted a delegation from a think tank helmed by a Chinese government adviser deeply enmeshed in Beijing's propaganda operations.įriedman met in July with Wang Huiyao, the president of the Center for China and Globalization, to discuss 'megatrends and the transformation of globalization in the post-pandemic era.' Friedman also hosted the group at Planet Word, a Washington, D.C.-based language museum run by his wife, Ann.

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