Bombshell accusations that a former aide to New York Govs. Kathy Hochul and Andrew Cuomo acted as a secret agent for China raised alarms Tuesday about a broader effort by the Chinese Communist Party to compromise public officials and infiltrate American governments and society.

Political insiders and watchdog groups pointed to the Brooklyn federal court indictments of Linda Sun and her husband Christopher Hu as showing the extent of China’s spy recruitment apparatus.

“This is a dangerous situation,” warned Ed Cox, the state Republican Party chairman and son-in-law of former President Richard Nixon.

Cox, who visited China with Nixon in 1979, said it was startling to read in the indictment that Sun and her husband allegedly obtained millions of dollars in exchange for pushing the Executive Chamber to toe the CCP line, including undermining Taiwan.