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California mayor charged with acting as illegal agent for China
Eileen Wang agreed to plead guilty, the Justice Department said.May 11, 2026, 7:58 PMEileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, California, has been charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent for China, the Justice Department announced on Monday.Wang agreed to plead guilty, the Justice Department said.Starting in late 2020 Wang and Yaoning "Mike" Sun worked together to operate a website called U.S. News Center that "purported to be a news source for the local Chinese-American community."City of Arcadia, councilmember, Eileen Wang attends the Asian Hall of Fame 2023 induction ceremony, October 21, 2023 in Los Angeles.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesThe Justice Department said in a plea agreement that Wang and Sun "received and executed directives from PRC (People's Republic of China) government officials to post pro-PRC content on the website, and sometimes sought approval from PRC government officials to circulate other pro-PRC content."In one instance in November 2021, Wang wanted to circulate an article about the Chinese and Russian ambassador asking for Americans to respect the PRC's "democratic rights."Popular Reads"This is what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to send," she said.In her plea agreement she admitted to not notifying the attorney general that she was working for the PRC."Individuals elected to public office in the United States should act only for the people of the United States that they represent," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. "It is deeply concerning that someone who previously received and executed directives from PRC government officials is now in a position of public trust at all, but particularly so because that relationship with that foreign government had never been disclosed."Popular Reads
California ex-mayor admits acting as agent of China, US authorities say ...
Ex-mayor of wealthy Los Angeles suburb promoted pro-China propaganda at behest of Chinese officials, prosecutors say.The former mayor of a wealthy suburb in the United States city of Los Angeles has admitted to acting as an illegal agent of China, according to authorities.Eileen Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, agreed to plead guilty to one count of acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government from late 2020 until 2022, the US Department of Justice said on Monday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Syria restores credit card payments in effort to rejoin the global economylist 2 of 4Trump says he will suspend petrol tax amid soaring US fuel priceslist 3 of 4Haiti’s PM casts doubt on presidential vote by August as gang clashes growlist 4 of 4Roads blocked in Bolivia as protesters demand president’s resignationend of listWang admitted that she did not notify the US government that she was acting on behalf of China while promoting pro-Beijing propaganda, the Justice Department said.Wang, 58, operated a website, called the US News Center, that published content supportive of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) while purporting to provide news for Chinese Americans, the department said.Wang ran the site with Yaoning Sun, a Californian man who was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government in October 2025, according to US prosecutors.Wang’s activities included republishing a “PRC official-written essay” that denied allegations that the Chinese government was committing genocide against ethnic-minority Uighurs in its far-western region of Xinjiang, according to prosecutors.Wang resigned as mayor on Monday, according to a statement published on the City of Arcadia’s website.She faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.Her lawyers, Brian A Sun and Jason Liang, said Wang wished to apologise for “mistakes she has made in her personal life”.“It is important to note, however, that the conduct underlying the information and the agreement with the government relates solely to Ms. Wang’s personal life – i.e., a media platform that she once operated with someone whom she believed to be her fiancé – and not to her conduct as an elected public official,” Sun and Liang said in a statement.“Her love and devotion for the Arcadia community have not changed and did not waver,” they added.“She asks for the community’s understanding and continued support.”US Assistant Attorney General for Nati...
Mayor of California city to plead guilty to acting as agent of China ...
The former mayor of Arcadia was expected to plead guilty after being charged with acting as an illegal agent of the People's Republic of China, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Monday. Eileen ...
Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang to plead guilty to federal charge of acting ...
Arcadia mayor Eileen Wang has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of acting as an illegal foreign agent for China, the DOJ announced.
