Mayor of Arcadia Eileen Wang Admits to Acting as Chinese Spy

Eileen Wang, the former Mayor of Arcadia, admitted to acting as a spy on behalf of the People’s Republic of China in a federal plea deal.

Unsealed on Monday, the federal plea deal showed that Wang “agreed with prosecutors that she worked with the People’s Republic of China to boost propaganda with a fake news website on US soil between 2020 and 2022. She was elected to Arcadia City Council in November 2022,” per the New York Post:

Wang worked with her then fiancé, Yaoning “Mike” Sun, on a web site called “U.S. News Center,” which claimed to be news source for Chinese Americans, according to court documents.

Wang and Sun “executed directives” from the Chinese government, posting propaganda designed to boost China, all while reporting back to their masters with screenshots showing how many people viewed the stories, according to the plea agreement.

The plea deal further stated that