China's consul general in New York left his post as scheduled after completing his posting, the State Department said on Wednesday, after New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she requested his expulsion after one of her aides was charged with secretly acting as a Chinese agent, Paralel.Az reports citing Reuters.

State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told a regular briefing that Consul General Huang Ping was not expelled.

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China's consul general in New York has been expelled, CNN reported on Wednesday, a day after a former aide to New York Governor Kathy Hochul was charged with secretly acting as an agent of the Chinese government, Paralel.Az reports citing CNN.

CNN reported Hochul as saying during an event on Tuesday that she "conveyed (her) desire to have the consul general expelled, and I have been informed that the consul general is no longer in the NY mission."