Linda Wang hosted a fundraiser for then-mayoral candidate Eric Adams in 2022 (Left) and Wang poses for a photo with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer during a 2022 Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade. (Right) (Zaozaonyc via Instagram; Getty)
The MOE also directs the "construction of the [Chinese Communist] Party in institutions of higher learning" in addition to working with multiple other CCP departments. A 2017 report from The Diplomat revealed that the Ministry of Education spent five years revising liberal arts textbooks in order to emphasize the importance of "socialist core values" for students. The report went on to highlight how "new textbooks focus on strengthening the revolutionary tradition of the CCP."
"Chinese textbooks include a large number of articles about Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and other CCP leaders," the report continued. "The new textbooks elaborate on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s more hard-line foreign policy, making sure that the students have a strong sense of China’s territorial situation."
Wang has posted over 2,000 photos on her Instagram profile, which includes a mix of pageants, Chinese cultural events, and includes several photos with Democratic politicians and CCP diplomats. Earlier this month, she posed for a "selfie" with a smiling Mayor Adams and CCP diplomat Chen Li, who is serving as the consul general of the People's Republic of China, in New York, at the AAPI Heritage Month parade in Manhattan.
"So happy to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new friends," said Wang, who has taken several photos with Adams over the years. "Snuck in a quick photo with Consul General Ambassador Chen Li and Mayor Eric Adams before dashing to the next event."
On June 3, she posted on Instagram that she hosted the 2025 East Coast Chinese Alumni Associations' Summer picnic and Culture Festival and that it was "such a joy to share the stage with Congressman Josh Gottheimer, the Mayor and Council Members of Palisades Park."
Linda Wang pictured with NYC Mayor Eric Adams at a fundraising she was hosting for him in September 2021. (Zaozaonyc/Instagram)
Wang also says she is "currently a consultant to the Association for the Promotion of China's Peaceful Reunification in New York, and a special reporter for the overseas station of ‘Fujian Daily’ Southeast Network," which are both directly tied to the CCP.
The Association for the Promotion of China's Peaceful Reunification in New York has been repeatedly mentioned in reports coordinating with the CCP's United Front system, which has been called a "magic weapon" by Chinese President Xi Jinping due to its success at advancing the CCP's interests at home and abroad. According to a 2012 holiday greeting to House and Senate lawmakers, the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification (CCPPNR) formed at least 17 affiliates, including the New York chapter. A 2019 report from the Jamestown Foundation also said the United Front acts as one of the "key executive agents" of the council "to exert control over ethnic Chinese communities abroad."
"Front organizations such as the CPPRC represent one of the primary mechanisms employed by the CCP in its patient, long-term campaign to undermine the democratic norms and open debate—not only within China itself, but internationally—that the CCP views as threats to its own hold on power," the report continued.
Fujian Daily Southeast Network, is the same Beijing-backed organization for which Winnie Greco, a disgraced former fundraiser for Adams who served as a special adviser and his director of Asian Affairs, was a consultant. Greco’s home was raided by FBI agents in 2024 amid a federal probe related to political fundraising during Adams' 2021 campaign. The corruption indictment against Adams was dropped earlier this year. It is unclear whether Greco is in China or New York.
In 2022 and 2023, Wang posted multiple photos posing with Schumer and Adams at various parades, including the Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown. A few of the 2023 photos that included Schumer thanked him for "always supporting our Chinese community event." More photos from 2022 show her posing with Mayor Adams, including her attending an Asian Pacific Cultural Heritage month event at Mayor Adams’ mansion.
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Linda Wang pictured with controversial former China NYC Consulate General Huang Ping last year at his farewell event that Wang hosted. (Zaozaonyc/Instagram)
In addition to Democrats, Wang posted several photos with Huang Ping, the controversial predecessor to Chen Li who was referenced dozens of times in the unsealed indictment against Gov. Hochul’s former deputy chief of staff, Linda Sun, last year. The unsealed indictment revealed that a speechwriter for then-Lt. Gov. Hochul wanted to mention the "Uyghur situation" in China for her 2021 Lunar New Year message, but the plight of the minority group being persecuted by the Chinese government was ultimately omitted after Sun overruled the speechwriter.
The indictment says Sun revealed to Ping what the speechwriter wanted to include but insisted that she would not let her boss mention Uyghurs after admitting that she was "starting to lose her temper" with the speechwriter. Ping appeared to chalk up the speechwriter’s suggestion as a clueless American who had never visited China and that U.S.-China relations could "sour" because of "people like the speechwriter," the indictment said, prompting Sun to concur that the speechwriter had never visited China. Ping would go on to post Hochul’s Lunar New Year message days later on his Facebook page, which did not mention Uyghurs.
In addition to taking several photos with Ping, who has repeatedly called the CCP a "great party," she revealed on her company website that she was "invited by the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York to teach adult English courses for its staff."
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Linda Wang pictured alongside Sen. Chuck Schumer at a "Chinese community event" in September 2022. (Zaozaonyc/Instagram)
"Photos with Ambassador Huang Ping and his beautiful wife and world renowned soprano - Inva Mila," Wang wrote in September 2024 on Instagram. "It was an honor to share the evening with such esteemed guests and artists."
"Honored to host the farewell dinner for Ambassador Huang Ping as we celebrate his remarkable contributions to strengthening ties between the U.S. and China," Wang wrote. "A night to remember, full of warmth, gratitude, and unity."
In an Instagram post from 2022, Wang posted a "selfie" and said she was "honored to be the MC and met Chinese Counsel General Ambassador Huang Ping at the first Asian Pacific American Cultural Parade."
Fox News Digital reached out to Wang and the offices of Hochul and Schumer.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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