Chinese Educator With Several Ccp Ties Cozies Up To Top New York Democrats: 'our Old Friend Who Listens'

FIRST ON FOX: A female educator, pageant winner, and expert from China who has aggregate ties to nan Chinese Communist Party has cozied up to respective apical Democrats successful New York complete nan past 4 to 5 years, a Fox News Digital reappraisal found.

Wang Zaozao, who besides goes by "Linda," was calved and raised successful Anqing, China. After going to schoolhouse and specializing successful "Chinese-English mentation for 3 years" successful her autochthonal country, she moved to nan United States to further her acquisition astatine Columbia University, according to her website bio. Her acquisition past led to her founding nan Zao Learning Center successful 2018, which caters to nan "training of children models/actors pinch bilingual connection skills" and has aggregate training centers successful New York and Taiwan.

In summation to moving arsenic an pedagogue and school hundreds of children of Chinese descent successful New York, she has been a "bilingual emcee/TV big for astir a decade" astatine dozens of "large-scale taste events," which person featured respective apical Democrats, including New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. An archived type of Wang's Zao Center says it provides "excellent learning ambiance and master training to group you disconnected to win successful nan mainstream modeling/entertainment industry."

As portion of her acquisition qualifications, she touts connected her website that she has obtained nan "Advanced Interpretation Qualification Certificate" and nan Teacher Qualification Certificate issued by nan Ministry of Education of China (MOE), which is simply a cardinal organ of nan CCP and plays a important domiciled successful helping "formulate nan curriculum" successful Chinese schools and overseas for world acquisition exchanges, according to their website.

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Linda Wang hosted a fundraiser for then-mayoral campaigner Eric Adams successful 2022 (Left) and Wang poses for a photograph pinch Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer during a 2022 Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade. (Right) (Zaozaonyc via Instagram; Getty)

The MOE besides directs nan "construction of nan [Chinese Communist] Party successful institutions of higher learning" successful summation to moving pinch aggregate different CCP departments. A 2017 report from The Diplomat revealed that nan Ministry of Education spent 5 years revising wide arts textbooks successful bid to stress nan value of "socialist halfway values" for students. The study went connected to item really "new textbooks attraction connected strengthening nan revolutionary contented of nan CCP."

"Chinese textbooks see a ample number of articles astir Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and different CCP leaders," nan study continued. "The caller textbooks elaborate connected Chinese President Xi Jinping’s much hard-line overseas policy, making judge that nan students person a beardown consciousness of China’s territorial situation."

Wang has posted complete 2,000 photos connected her Instagram profile, which includes a operation of pageants, Chinese taste events, and includes respective photos pinch Democratic politicians and CCP diplomats. Earlier this month, she posed for a "selfie" pinch a smiling Mayor Adams and CCP diplomat Chen Li, who is serving arsenic nan consul wide of nan People's Republic of China, successful New York, astatine nan AAPI Heritage Month parade successful Manhattan.

"So happy to reconnect pinch acquainted faces and meet caller friends," said Wang, who has taken respective photos pinch Adams complete nan years. "Snuck successful a speedy photograph pinch Consul General Ambassador Chen Li and Mayor Eric Adams earlier dashing to nan adjacent event."

On June 3, she posted connected Instagram that she hosted nan 2025 East Coast Chinese Alumni Associations' Summer picnic and Culture Festival and that it was "such a joyousness to stock nan shape pinch Congressman Josh Gottheimer, nan Mayor and Council Members of Palisades Park."

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Linda Wang (Center) pictured astatine AAPI Heritage Month Parade successful Manhattan pinch New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Left) and Consul General Ambassador Chen Li (Right) earlier this month. (Zaozaonyc/Instagram)

A Gottheimer spokesperson told Fox News Digital that nan Democratic congressman "was invited by a section Chinese American organization relation and shared nan shape pinch respective different group during that event."

"Congressman Gottheimer and his squad person nary narration pinch nan individual successful question, and nan Congressman is starring aggregate pieces of authorities to ace down connected nan Chinese Communist Party — our known adversary," nan spokesperson continued.

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In February, Wang posted a video connected shape pinch Li, who has many times praised nan CCP and denied Uyghur genocide, and Schumer astatine nan Brooklyn Lantern Festival Parade. Wang not only served arsenic nan parade’s host, but besides served arsenic a translator for Schumer’s address.

Schumer came nether occurrence earlier this twelvemonth for posing pinch Li astatine nan Lunar New Year Parade. 

Another station from September 2024 shows Wang posing pinch Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., astatine an opera arena successful New York. A Goldman spokesperson said, "We person nary thought who this personification is" aft Fox News Digital reached retired for comment.

"It was my 3rd clip hosting nan AAPI civilization practice period parade successful mid-town Manhattan New York City," Wang wrote past May pinch a photograph of her and Adams smiling together. "Glad to spot [NYC Mayor] Eric Adams again."

Linda Wang pictured pinch NYC Mayor Eric Adams astatine a fundraising she was hosting for him successful September 2021. (Zaozaonyc/Instagram)

Wang besides says she is "currently a advisor to nan Association for nan Promotion of China's Peaceful Reunification successful New York, and a typical newsman for nan overseas position of ‘Fujian Daily’ Southeast Network," which are some straight tied to nan CCP.

The Association for nan Promotion of China's Peaceful Reunification successful New York has been many times mentioned successful reports coordinating pinch nan CCP's United Front system, which has been called a "magic weapon" by Chinese President Xi Jinping owed to its occurrence astatine advancing nan CCP's interests astatine location and abroad. According to a 2012 vacation greeting to House and Senate lawmakers, nan China Council for nan Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification (CCPPNR) formed astatine slightest 17 affiliates, including nan New York chapter. A 2019 study from nan Jamestown Foundation besides said nan United Front acts arsenic 1 of nan "key executive agents" of nan assembly "to exert power complete taste Chinese communities abroad."

"Front organizations specified arsenic nan CPPRC correspond 1 of nan superior mechanisms employed by nan CCP successful its patient, semipermanent run to undermine nan antiauthoritarian norms and unfastened debate—not only wrong China itself, but internationally—that nan CCP views arsenic threats to its ain clasp connected power," nan study continued.

Fujian Daily Southeast Network, is nan aforesaid Beijing-backed statement for which Winnie Greco, a disgraced erstwhile fundraiser for Adams who served arsenic a typical advisor and his head of Asian Affairs, was a consultant. Greco’s location was raided by FBI agents successful 2024 amid a national probe related to governmental fundraising during Adams' 2021 campaign. The corruption indictment against Adams was dropped earlier this year. It is unclear whether Greco is successful China aliases New York.

In 2022 and 2023, Wang posted aggregate photos posing pinch Schumer and Adams astatine various parades, including nan Lunar New Year Parade successful Chinatown. A fewer of nan 2023 photos that included Schumer thanked him for "always supporting our Chinese organization event." More photos from 2022 show her posing pinch Mayor Adams, including her attending an Asian Pacific Cultural Heritage period arena astatine Mayor Adams’ mansion.

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Linda Wang pictured pinch NYC Mayor Eric Adams astatine a 2021 "Transition and Inauguration Entity" fundraising event. (Zaozaonyc/Instagram)

"New Mayor of NYC! You are our aged friend," Wang captioned a photograph connected nan aforesaid time Adams was sworn into office. The arena appears to beryllium from a fundraiser for Adams arsenic portion of nan modulation up of nan inauguration. The photograph shows nan brace sitting adjacent together and giving a thumbs up while she held a microphone.

Months earlier becoming nan mayor, Wang posted a photograph astatine an Adams fundraiser and said she "hosted nan fundraising arena for mayoral campaigner [Eric Adams.]"

The pursuing month, she posed pinch New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has travel nether occurrence for hiring aggregate CCP-tied staffers, and Schumer astatine nan Lunar New Year Parade. Fox News Digital exclusively reported earlier this month that a apical ex-aide to Hochul was nan girl of a erstwhile Chinese journalist whose archived curriculum vitae says he worked for nan Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) "Education Department of nan News Bureau of nan Central Propaganda Department" arsenic a lawman head and served successful aggregate activity roles astatine state-run media outlets.

"Honored to beryllium nan big [Eric Adams] is our aged friend who listens to america and help[sic] us," Wang said successful a July 2021 Instagram station that includes a photograph of Wang holding an Eric L. Adams "Asian Volunteer Group" certificate signed by Adams.

Despite Adams taking respective photos pinch Wang astatine various events, including earlier this month, hosting a run fundraiser for him, and attending astatine slightest 1 arena astatine nan mayor's mansion, a spokesperson for his agency distanced nan politician from her, telling Fox News Digital that nan "Adams management does not activity pinch this individual."

"Thousands of organization members return photographs pinch nan Mayor astatine nationalist events," nan spokesperson added.

Arran Hope, nan editor of China Brief astatine nan Jamestown Foundation, sounded nan siren astir Wang erstwhile Fox News Digital reached retired astir her CCP ties, noting really she "appears to beryllium profoundly progressive pinch organizations successful New York City that person beardown ties to nan Chinese Communist Party's agreed beforehand system," including "anniversary galas for agreed beforehand organizations specified arsenic nan U.S.–Fujian Tangtou Friendship Association (美国福建塘头联谊会) and nan New York Chapter of nan United Chinese American Association (美国华人华侨联合总会纽约分会)."

"Wang's ties to nan CCP spell beyond simply compèring events. As reported connected nan website of nan Chinese People's Political Consultative Body, nan cardinal agreed beforehand statement led by a personnel of nan Politburo Standing Committee, Wang is nan general caput (秘书长) of nan New York branch of nan United Chinese Association of America (美国华人华侨联合总会纽约分会)," Hope said. "She is besides an advisor to nan New York Association for Peaceful Reunification (纽约中国和平统一促进会) and has been a impermanent newsman for nan overseas sum of Fujian Daily, a Party media outlet."

"Her activity has been featured successful nan People's Daily, nan mouthpiece of nan CCP Central Committee, and different authorities outlets," he continued. "In February 2020, astatine nan outset of nan Covid-19 pandemic, she responded to nan telephone of nan United Front Work Department to support pandemic prevention measures successful China, helping to coordinate sending costs and different items to frontline workers successful Wuhan."

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Linda Wang pictured pinch arguable erstwhile China NYC Consulate General Huang Ping past twelvemonth astatine his farewell arena that Wang hosted. (Zaozaonyc/Instagram)

In summation to Democrats, Wang posted respective photos pinch Huang Ping, nan arguable predecessor to Chen Li who was referenced dozens of times successful nan unsealed indictment against Gov. Hochul’s erstwhile lawman main of staff, Linda Sun, past year. The unsealed indictment revealed that a speechwriter for then-Lt. Gov. Hochul wanted to mention nan "Uyghur situation" successful China for her 2021 Lunar New Year message, but nan plight of nan number group being persecuted by nan Chinese authorities was yet omitted aft Sun overruled nan speechwriter. 

The indictment says Sun revealed to Ping what nan speechwriter wanted to see but insisted that she would not fto her leader mention Uyghurs aft admitting that she was "starting to suffer her temper" pinch nan speechwriter. Ping appeared to chalk up nan speechwriter’s proposal arsenic a clueless American who had ne'er visited China and that U.S.-China relations could "sour" because of "people for illustration nan speechwriter," nan indictment said, prompting Sun to concur that nan speechwriter had ne'er visited China. Ping would spell connected to station Hochul’s Lunar New Year connection days later connected his Facebook page, which did not mention Uyghurs.

In summation to taking respective photos pinch Ping, who has many times called nan CCP a "great party," she revealed connected her institution website that she was "invited by nan Consulate General of nan People's Republic of China successful New York to thatch big English courses for its staff."

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Linda Wang pictured alongside Sen. Chuck Schumer astatine a "Chinese organization event" successful September 2022. (Zaozaonyc/Instagram)

"Photos pinch Ambassador Huang Ping and his beautiful woman and world renowned soprano - Inva Mila," Wang wrote successful September 2024 connected Instagram. "It was an grant to stock nan evening pinch specified esteemed guests and artists."

"Honored to big nan farewell meal for Ambassador Huang Ping arsenic we observe his singular contributions to strengthening ties betwixt nan U.S. and China," Wang wrote. "A nighttime to remember, afloat of warmth, gratitude, and unity."

In an Instagram station from 2022, Wang posted a "selfie" and said she was "honored to beryllium nan MC and met Chinese Counsel General Ambassador Huang Ping astatine nan first Asian Pacific American Cultural Parade."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Wang and nan offices of Hochul and Schumer.