Chinese mayor in California to be tried for running illegal propaganda for Beijing

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(TibetanReview.net, May12’26) – Eileen Wang, an ethnic Chinese mayor of Arcadia, a wealthy suburban city in the US city of Los Angeles, California, has resigned on May 11 and agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent of China, reported Reuters May 11, citing the US Department of Justice. The 58-year-old politician is stated to be expected to plead guilty in a federal court in Los Angeles in the near future.

Wang is stated to have agreed to plead guilty to one count of acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government from late 2020 until 2022, the US Department of Justice has said May 11.

Wang has admitted that she did not notify the US government that she was acting on behalf of...

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