Dem Darling Raked In Cash From Donors With Chinese Gov’t, CCP Intel Ties

Donors with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its intelligence arms have contributed more than $100,000 to the political war chest of California Treasurer Fiona Ma, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.

Among the many donations, filings show the Democratic frontrunner in California’s 2026 lieutenant governor race accepted $2,500 in September 2022 from then-Arcadia mayoral candidate Eileen Wang, who is expected to plead guilty to charges of acting as an illegal agent of China in the coming weeks, according to the Department of Justice.

Ma has been photographed alongside Wang at multiple California events and endorsed her mayoral candidacy in August 2022 — one month before receiving the campaign contribution, according to DCNF translations of Chinese media reports.

Ma and Wang did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

California’s two-term treasurer has met with officials from the Chinese government and an influence and intelligence agency called