Arcadia California Mayor Pleads Guilty to Acting as Illegal Agent of China and Resigns

Eileen Wang, mayor of Arcadia, California, pleaded guilty to one federal count of acting as an illegal agent of the People Republic of China and resigned her post on May 12. The DOJ charged that from 2020 through 2022, Wang worked with her then-fiancé at the direction of PRC government officials to promote Chinese propaganda in the United States through a website targeting Chinese Americans, carrying a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.