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Boss of NYC’s ‘secret Chinese police station’ was asked about dissident: ‘A friend is looking for him’

Nypost · · 461 words · By Ben Kochman
Legal Proceedings Human rights Foreign Interference
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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“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”
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The provided web search results for this claim are completely irrelevant (referring to biscuits and college football) and do not mention Lu Jianwang or the police station.
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web search NEUTRAL — LU, sous l'ère Danone ou Mondelez, est le n°1 des biscuitiers français, et leader européen sur les biscuits secs, sucrés et salés, ainsi que leader mondial depuis son intégration à Mondelez Internatio…
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LU_(biscuiterie)
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web search NEUTRAL — The Liberty Flames football program represents Liberty University, a private Christian university located in Lynchburg, Virginia, in college football. The Flames compete in the NCAA Division I Footbal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Flames_football
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web search NEUTRAL — LU (biscuits) ... Lefèvre-Utile, better known worldwide by the initials LU, was a French manufacturer brand of biscuits, emblematic of the city of Nantes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LU_(biscuits)
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“Liu Rongyan, a security officer from China’s Fujian Province, wrote to “Harry” Lu Jianwang”
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No evidence was found after searching for this specific interaction between Liu Rongyan and Lu Jianwang.
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“The missive involved Xu Jie, a longtime critic of China’s government who fled the country in 2013.”
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One web search result mentions a witness named Xu, a native of Nanjing, who participated in the 1989 protests and fled the country in 2013. However, the evidence provided is a snippet from a single trial report and does not provide multiple independent confirmations of the full claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — The People's Republic of China is a one-party state ruled by the Chinese Communist Party. In addition, eight minor and non-oppositional political parties subservient to the CCP exist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_C…
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web search NEUTRAL — Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtubeThe Communist Party of China has been the dominant political entity running th...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzn8f38sw90
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web search NEUTRAL — In China, I understand it to be a group of people who criticise the Chinese government.”Xu, a native of Nanjing, participated in the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests before fleeing the country…
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3353201/us…
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“Lu, the 64-year-old head of the America Changle Association, which advocates for immigrants hailing from China’s Fujian Province”
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Multiple independent sources confirm Lu Jianwang is 64 and was the president/head of the America Changle Association.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lu Jianwang, 64, former president of the American ChangLe Association, allegedly operated an overseas police service station in Manhattan’s Chinatown on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of Public Securi…
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/trial-starts-for-nyc-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — The America Changle Association was founded in 1998. 10 In 2017, it was granted tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). 11 In 2022, its tax-exempt status was automatically revoked b…
https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/america-changle-as…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lu Jianwang was charged in April 2023 with conspiring to act as an agent of China and other crimes related to operating an illegal police station out of a New York City-based nonprofit called the Amer…
https://www.themainewire.com/2024/09/dcnf-exclusive-alleged-…
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“Lu... forwarded Rongyan’s request to Keith Cheng, the leader of a separate Big Apple-based Fujian organization”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about biscuits and college football.
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web search NEUTRAL — LU (biscuits) ... Lefèvre-Utile, better known worldwide by the initials LU, was a French manufacturer brand of biscuits, emblematic of the city of Nantes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LU_(biscuits)
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web search NEUTRAL — LU, sous l'ère Danone ou Mondelez, est le n°1 des biscuitiers français, et leader européen sur les biscuits secs, sucrés et salés, ainsi que leader mondial depuis son intégration à Mondelez Internatio…
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LU_(biscuiterie)
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web search NEUTRAL — The Liberty Flames football program represents Liberty University, a private Christian university located in Lynchburg, Virginia, in college football. The Flames compete in the NCAA Division I Footbal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Flames_football
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“the “station,” where the FBI discovered a handful of computer monitors and a ping-pong table covered in a red tablecloth, helped Fujian natives renew their Chinese driver’s licenses remotely”
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Multiple sources confirm the site was used to help Fujian natives renew driver's licenses and that it was characterized by the defense as a community center, while the prosecution viewed it as a spy outpost. The specific detail about the driver's licenses is mentioned in multiple results.
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web search NEUTRAL — China's communist government uses the outposts to monitor people it "views as enemies of its interests," a prosecutor told jurors.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/was-it-a-secret-chinese-spy-h…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lawyers for the man accused of running it, Lu Jianwang, contend it was a community center — and nothing more — where members of the Chinese diaspora could remotely renew their Chinese driver ...
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/20…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lawyers for the man accused of running it, Lu Jianwang, contend it was a community center — and nothing more — where members of the Chinese diaspora could remotely renew their Chinese driver's license…
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/accused-running-chinese-spy…
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“Lu, a Bronx resident and naturalized US citizen”
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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference (Nypost) and multiple web search results stating Lu Jianwang is a naturalized US citizen.
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web search NEUTRAL — Naturalized US citizen and Chinese spy, Chen Jinping.His sentencing date is scheduled for May 30. The case against Jinping’s co-defendant “Harry” Lu Jianwang, also a naturalized U.S. citizen, is still…
https://www.ourtownny.com/news/the-spies-who-loved-noodles-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lu Jianwang, a U.S. citizen and the president of the association, was arrested for operating an overseas Chinese police station and supporting the transnational repression conducted by the Chinese gov…
https://www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/how-china-targets-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — A co-defendant has pleaded guilty. Recent posts: We look into the hantavirus crisis onboard.. A Bristol Myers Squibb plant that makes cancer.. The drug is for a small subset of patients. Plus, a visit…
https://vk.com/wall-210878648_26215
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“Jie — who became a critic of the Beijing regime after the country’s brutal 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre”
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One source mentions a witness named Xu who participated in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Other results for 'Xu' are general surname entries or unrelated individuals.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Xu (许) surname, one of the most prominent and historically rich surnames in China, has two primary and legendary origins, each deeply rooted in Chinese history and culture.
https://www.chinafetching.com/post/xu-surname-许
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 28, 2026 · Chinese hacker Xu Zewei, who is accused of stealing COVID-19 research from American institutions in a massive cyber intrusion campaign, has been extradited to the U.S. from Italy.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-extradites-chinese-hacker-acc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Xu (Chinese: 徐; pinyin: Xú; Wade–Giles: Hsü2; Jyutping: Ceoi4) is a Chinese-language surname. In the Wade-Giles system of romanization, it is spelled as " Hsu ", which is commonly used in Taiwan or ov…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_(surname_徐)
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“Jie... now works as a Lyft driver and shoots YouTube videos criticizing China’s government”
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No evidence was found after searching for Xu Jie's employment as a Lyft driver or his YouTube activity.
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“Lu faces up to five years in prison if convicted of illegally acting as a Chinese agent by establishing the alleged spy site inside a glass-windowed six-story building at 107 East Broadway.”
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No evidence was found after searching for the specific sentencing terms or the address 107 East Broadway in the provided results.
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“Prosecutors... unfurled for jurors a blue banner recovered from the site that declared it was a “Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station.””
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