Eileen Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, California, pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent of China from late 2020 to 2022. She promoted pro-Beijing propaganda through a website called US News Center without notifying the US government. Wang’s co-defendant, Yaoning Sun, was sentenced to four years in prison for similar charges. Wang, who resigned as mayor, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, while her attorneys emphasize her actions relate to her personal life, not her official duties.
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