In the spirit of giving the devil its due, we must salute The New York Times for its epic examination of how China is influencing New York City elections.

A team of nine reporters convincingly documented how agents of the Beijing government “helped defeat a state senator for attending a banquet with the president of Taiwan . . . condemned a City Council candidate on social media for supporting Hong Kong democracy . . . and ended the careers of politicians who opposed China’s authoritarian government.”

The article claimed, with evidence, that Chinese agents set up scores of supposedly charitable organizations in Manhattan and throughout the five boroughs as part of its scheme, and that the organizations are violating their state and federal tax-exempt status by engaging in political ­ad

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