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California mayor admits to being a China agent in federal probe

The Japan Times·Alicia Clanton·21 days ago
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The mayor of an affluent Los Angeles suburb has agreed to plead guilty of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for China in the U.S. Eileen Wang admitted to posting pro-China propaganda at the direction of Chinese government officials, according to court documents unsealed Monday. Wang is the mayor of Arcadia, a city of about 55,000 located around 24 kilometers northeast of downtown Los Angeles, after being elected to the city council in 2022. Wang, 58, could face a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. She is expected to enter her plea in coming weeks, according to a statement by the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles. The FBI alleges that between 2020 and 2022, Wang used a news website she operated to publish pro-China content under the direction of government officials, including an essay denying genocide and forced labor in Xinjiang. A man she allegedly worked with on the propaganda scheme pleaded guilty in October and is serving a four-year prison sentence, according to the statement.…

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