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Chinese agent SoCal mayor enters plea in bombshell espionage case (Eileen Wang)
NY Post ^ | 5/29/26 | Katie Jerkovich

Posted on 05/30/2026 3:15:26 AM PDT by Libloather

Disgraced former Arcadia mayor Eileen Wang entered her plea today in federal court following the bombshell admission that she was a spy for China.

Wang pleaded guilty on Friday after taking a plea deal with the Department of Justice, admitting that she had acted as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), ABC7 reported.

Wang agreed with prosecutors that she worked with the PRC to boost propaganda with a fake news website on US soil between 2020 and 2022. She was elected to the city council in Arcadia — a city in the San Gabriel Valley within LA County — in November 2022.

Wang, 58, worked with her then-fiancé, Yaoning “Mike” Sun, on a website called “U.S. News Center,” which claimed to be a news source for Chinese Americans, according to court documents.

But in reality, the pair were carrying out Beijing’s orders through the site.

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.

Sun was arrested and federally charged with acting as a covert agent of the PRC in 2024. He was later sentenced to four years in prison.

Earlier this month, the DOJ unsealed Wang’s federal charges for acting as an unregistered agent of the PRC and also released her signed plea deal.

After the charges were unsealed, Wang resigned from the Arcadia City Council, vacating her job as mayor of the Southern California town.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: ccp; china; espionage; mayor; spy; spying
Eileen. Isn't that Irish?
1 posted on 05/30/2026 3:15:26 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather
"In December 2024, Wang stated that she usually voted Republican in the past, but instead supported Kamala Harris during the 2024 election." - Wikipedia
Yes, because so many sincere, patriotic Republicans suddenly decide to support Kamala.

Chinese plant and Dem Party operative!

Regards,

2 posted on 05/30/2026 3:23:06 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Libloather

She is 100% Chinese, born in China, I don’t know why she calls herself Eileen. What I want to know is WHY the hell are we still allowing Chinese into the country when we damn well know they can be required to spy by the Chinese government? How many times has this happened already? And here we got one not only in the country with orders to spy, but incredibly she’s elected to political office!


3 posted on 05/30/2026 3:30:49 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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Probably shouldn’t allow any Chinese into America since they are all spies


4 posted on 05/30/2026 3:32:21 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: alexander_busek

“Yes, because so many sincere, patriotic Republicans suddenly decide to support Kamala”

LMAO!! Hey, it was her word salad rantings that were so enchanting!


5 posted on 05/30/2026 3:32:56 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Libloather
Eileen. Isn't that Irish?

Perhaps.

It occurred to me that her surname, Wang, would be the past tense for Wong, meaning she did Wong. Since she has Wung, Eileen towards her being punished, so that her Wanging would be in the past, she could be rehabilitated, and not Wang again. If she doesn't pay her fine, however, we would have to place Eileen on her property.

6 posted on 05/30/2026 4:26:28 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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“Wang and Sun ‘executed directives’ from the Chinese government”

For a happy ending, Wang and Sun executed.


7 posted on 05/30/2026 5:16:19 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

YES. Y?


8 posted on 05/30/2026 5:25:32 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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Wang pleaded guilty.....admits she worked with the Communist China to inflict their propaganda on Americans w/ her then-fiancé, Yaoning Sun, on a faked-up website called “US News Center,” claiming to be a legit news source for Chinese Americans, but was obediently carrying out Beijing’s orders to bamboozle Americans.

Did Beijing also finance Wang’s election to the city council in Arcadia in November 2022?


9 posted on 05/30/2026 5:25:52 AM PDT by Liz (Winston Churchill: “Nothing in life is so exhilaratiLouis-Primang as to be shot at without result.”)
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To: Libloather

Eileen Wang was born in Sichuan province, China. Eileen Wang is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Media reports confirm she became a citizen in the years after moving to California from China’s Sichuan province, though no public record specifies the exact date of her naturalization ... was approximately 27 or 28 years old when she arrived in the United States.

Born in 1967 or 1968 in Sichuan province, China, she immigrated to the U.S. in 1995. She later moved to Arcadia, California, in the early 2000s

plenty of time to learn spy craft


10 posted on 05/30/2026 6:21:12 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: alexander_busek

A couple days or so after the 2020 election, my brother posted on his Facebook page how he was a lifelong republican, came from a family that was solidly republican going back generations, how he “loved and revered” the GOP, but switched to the democratic party and voted for Biden. How his party switch caused him consternation and trouble from his own family, how he was a live and let type of nice guy who doesnt deserve what his family is dishing out.

Problem is that its all lies. The family (going back generations) and him were always Democrat. Our grandfather for example, was an FDR man. The very last time he voted, I was the one who took him in his wheelchair to the polling place and watched him vote a straight democrat ticket.

I was the first and only Republican in my family. My choice of party caused no trouble for me with my democrat family because my family isnt political in that we never talk politics with each other and they couldnt care less.


11 posted on 05/30/2026 2:20:20 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times Editor)
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