Chinese hometown associations, which have been in Chinatowns in New York City and nationwide since the 1850s to help immigrants combat discrimination, are increasingly being used by Beijing to influence U.S. politics, according to investigations.
New York City has more than 100 of the associations, and in the past two years, at least 10 indictments from the Department of Justice have implicated organization leaders of illegal activities, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
One of the cases accuses two Fujian association principals of acting as Beijing agents and setting up a covert Chinese police station at their association premises in Manhattan’s Chinatown.
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