Boss of NYC’s ‘secret Chinese police station’ convicted of acting as illegal ‘agent’

Nypost · 🇨🇳 public China · May 13, 2026 · 641 words · By Ben Kochman

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Boss of NYC’s ‘secret Chinese police station’ convicted of acting as illegal ‘agent’ A local Chinatown community leader who the feds say ran a secret Chinese “police station” out of a nondescript Manhattan office building was found guilty Wednesday of acting…

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Why it matters

“Harry” Lu Jianwang was convicted after evidence revealed his dealings with China’s Ministry of Public Security — which ordered him to hang a banner inside the glass-clad building at 107 East Broadway proudly announcing that the site was a “Police Overseas…

Common ground

A Chinese security official also urged Lu, 64, to help track a prominent US-based pro-democracy dissident in March 2022, just a month after Lu established the “station” inside the Manhattan headquarters of the America Changle Association, which advocates for…

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Claim 1: “Lu established the “station”... a month after March 2022”

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The provided evidence does not contain the specific date of February 2022 for the establishment of the station.

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Claim 2: “Lu was arrested at his Bronx home in 2023, along with Jinping”

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Claim 3: “Lu established the “station” inside the Manhattan headquarters of the America Changle Association”

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Search results mention a 'secret Chinese spy outpost' in a Manhattan building and the involvement of Harry Lu, but they do not explicitly name the 'America Changle Association' as the headquarters in the provided text.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Manhattan's Chinatown is a neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by the Lower East Side to its east, Little Italy to its north, Civic Center to its south, and Tribeca to its west. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Manhattan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The term "overseas service station" and the associated phrase, "Overseas 110" or "110 Overseas" (Chinese: 海外110; pinyin: hǎiwài yāoyāolíng; lit. 'abroad 110'; alluding to China's emergency number for …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable Chinese Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants who have made exceptional contributions to various face…
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Claim 4: “Lu faces up to five years in prison after a Brooklyn federal jury convicted him of acting as an unregistered foreign agent of Beijing and obstructing justice by deleting some of his messages”

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The claim states Lu was convicted by a jury. However, evidence from The Guardian and Epoch Times states he pleaded not guilty and was awaiting trial. Other results describe him as 'accused' rather than convicted.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lu Jianwang, also known as Harry Lu, was accompanied by more than 50 supporters in court. James Messerschmidt for the NY Post. The case accuses Lu of illegally acting as a Chinese agent by helping Bei…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/06/us-news/chinese-agent-opened-n…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lu, also known as Harry Lu, is accused of establishing and running the Manhattan outpost in coordination with a co-defendant, Chen Jinping, who pleaded guilty in December 2024 to acting as an unauthor…
https://www.todayville.com/calgary/marco-rubio-and-pope-leo-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Foreign Agents Registration Act exists to protect transparency and safeguard our democracy from covert foreign influence. If you secretly act on behalf of a foreign government in violation of fede…
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/former-us-congressman-a…

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Claim 5: “found guilty Wednesday of acting as an illegal foreign agent”

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The claim states he was found guilty on Wednesday, but evidence from The Guardian and Epoch Times indicates he pleaded not guilty and was awaiting trial at the time of reporting.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jinping and co-defendant “Harry” Lu Jianwang, 62, both US citizens, had been arrested and charged in April last year with illegally acting as foreign agents. Lu has pleaded not guilty to the charges a…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/18/new-york-man…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lu, also known as “Harry Lu,” has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is awaiting trial.Lu Jianwang (R) receives a plaque from an official from China’s Ministry of Public Security in a ceremony afte…
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/chinese-agent-pleads-gui…

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Claim 6: “Lu opened the “station” in February 2022 after attending a ceremony in China where officials announced that they’d be opening 30 such outposts at sites all over the world”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a ceremony in China announcing 30 outposts prior to February 2022.

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Claim 7: “He was acquitted of a separate charge of “conspiring” to act as an unregistered Chinese agent”

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Claim 8: “Lu also had more than 50 contacts in his phone for officials in Chinese political and security officials”

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Claim 9: “ordered him to hang a banner inside the glass-clad building at 107 East Broadway proudly announcing that the site was a “Police Overseas Service Station” for China’s Fujian province”

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While evidence confirms the existence of 'overseas police service stations' and a case involving a New York office, the specific detail about a banner at 107 East Broadway for Fujian province is not explicitly confirmed in the provided search results.

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Claim 10: “the “station”... helped Fujian natives renew their Chinese driver’s licenses remotely”

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Claim 11: “Chen pleaded guilty in December 2024 to a charge of conspiring to act on China’s behalf without telling US authorities”

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Claim 12: “Xu Jie, a longtime critic of China’s government who fled the country in 2013 and lives in California”

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One source explicitly identifies Xu Jie as a longtime critic of China's government who fled in 2013. Other results discuss different people fleeing China or different critics, but only one source links these specific details to Xu Jie.

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web search NEUTRAL — The missive involved Xu Jie, a longtime critic of China’s government who fled the country in 2013.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/us-news/boss-of-nycs-secret-ch…

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web search NEUTRAL — On the evening of 12 June 2013, according to court documents, three “Chinese intruders” were arrested by the Indian army in Sultan Chusku, a remote and uninhabited desert area in the mountainous north…
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Claim 13: ““Harry” Lu Jianwang was convicted after evidence revealed his dealings with China’s Ministry of Public Security”

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The claim states Lu was convicted, but multiple news sources (The Guardian, Epoch Times) explicitly state that Lu 'has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is awaiting trial,' contradicting the claim of a conviction.

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web search NEUTRAL — In 2018, Harry was created Duke of Sussex ahead of his wedding to American actress Meghan Markle. The couple have two children, Archie and Lilibet. In January 2020, Harry and Meghan stepped back from …
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Claim 14: “A Chinese security official also urged Lu, 64, to help track a prominent US-based pro-democracy dissident in March 2022”

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Multiple independent sources (two different web search results) confirm that Harry Lu was urged to help track a prominent pro-democracy dissident in March 2022.

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web search NEUTRAL — A local Chinatown community leader ran a secret Chinese spy outpost out of a nondescript Manhattan office building — helping his communist handlers track a pro-democracy dissident, prosecutors ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/accused-chinese-agent-o…

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web search NEUTRAL — "Harry" Lu Jianwang, the alleged leader of a secret Chinese government "police station" housed in a nondescript Manhattan building, was urged to help track a prominent pro-Democracy dissident, a ...
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web search NEUTRAL — "As alleged, Wang acted as a covert intelligence asset in his own community, spying on and reporting sensitive information on prominent pro-democracy activists and organizations to his co-defendants: …
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Claim 15: “Lu, a Bronx resident and naturalized US citizen”

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