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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s 2021 campaign donations cause an explosion following probe

April 14, 2025 | | Print Article

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s 2021 campaign donations are coming under scrutiny thanks to a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation and people have a lot of questions.

The DC article outlines some questionable donations to Wu’s campaign “from a fundraiser who is listed by a Chinese intelligence agency as an official.”

“Gary Yu, the founder of Boston International Media Consulting, helped raise over $300,000 for Wu with the help of a Chinese civic association he leads,” the piece explains. “However, Yu — whose Chinese name is Yu Guoliang — is listed as an official by an agency of a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence and intelligence service called the United Front Work Department (UFWD), and also operates as a recruiter for the Chinese government, according to reports from the CCP, Chinese state media and civic associations led by Yu.”

While it could be easy to brush this off as a political move to keep the organizations in good standing with local leadership, China expert Gordon Chang believes there is a more sinister motivation for the donation.

“The Communist Party’s UFWD never rests,” he said to DCNF. “There is no ethnic Chinese official in America who is not targeted. It’s time for law enforcement to investigate the CCP’s ties to Gary Yu and Yu’s ties to Mayor Michelle Wu.”

Chang believes Wu’s dedication to leftism makes her an ideal candidate for the CCP’s influence campaign.

“Wu’s ultra-leftism makes her the perfect candidate for CCP recruitment and capture. Or do we have it backward? Is her ultra-leftism the result of CCP recruitment and capture? More than just the people of Boston would like to know,” he explained.

More from DCNF:

Yu has repeatedly met with high-ranking CCP intelligence leaders in China and is listed as an official by two regional branches of a UFWD arm, according to Chinese government announcements, state media reports, and records from Chinese civic associations led by Yu.

The UFWD’s operations are a “unique blend of engagement, influence activities, and intelligence operations that the [CCP] uses to shape its political environment, including to influence other countries’ policy toward the [People’s Republic of China] and to gain access to advanced foreign technology,” according to the House Select Committee on the CCP.

Yu is identified as an “overseas committee member” by the Hangzhou municipal All-China Federation Of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC) branch in Zhejiang province and has met with their officials in China multiple times, according to the website of the North American Hangzhou Association (NAHAUS), where Yu serves as chairman.

ACFROC is a UFWD agency specializing in overseas influence operations, including allegedly directing Chinese community leaders to illegally establish a secret Chinese police station in New York City.

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