Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang Admits Acting as Foreign Agent for China in Plea Deal

New York Post ^ | May 11, 2026 | Joe Burn and Ben Chapman

[nickcarraway]

The former mayor of Arcadia resigned after admitting to acting as an illegal foreign agent of China in a federal plea deal unsealed on Monday.

Eileen 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. The city is within LA County.

Wang pled guilty to the federal charge at her arraignment in downtown Los Angeles on Monday afternoon. She faces a maximum of 10 years in prison. LA’s top federal prosecutor Bill Essayli said this is not the first time China has been caught trying to exert its influence in the United States.

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TOPICS: China; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
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[nickcarraway]

Isn't this treason?

Why is she getting a slap on the wrist?

[ComputerGuy]

Blood

[libertylover]

Isn't this treason?

That's what I'd call it.

[gildafarrell]

Send this miserable traitorous wretch in a cell and throw away the key.

[CivilWarBrewing]

What about the commie CHINA PUPPET mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu ?

[xone]

The U.S. Constitution explicitly defines treason in Article III, Section 3, stating that treason consists only of two acts: (1) levying war against the United States, or (2) adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.

Prosecutable, not treasonous.

[Reily]

Potentially seditious!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Plea deals are liberal corruption. The judiciary in this country sure does suck. What did she plea for? Three weeks with an ankle monitor? (Batteries Not Included).

[simpson96]

She’s a liberal, and to liberals, she’s expendable because there are plenty more in the chute.

[T.B. Yoits]

After she’s finished her prison sentence, she needs to be deported to China under the condition that she is never to return to the United States.

[PIF]

Michelle Wu was born on January 14, 1985, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, to Han and Yu-Min Wu. Her parents are Taiwanese American immigrants. They were Taiwanese waishengren; Han and Yu-Min were born and raised in Taipei, while Wu’s grandparents had left mainland China during the Kuomintang retreat to Taiwan.

[BigJimSportCamper]

Now do AIPAC.

[johniegrad]

Michelle Wu was born on January 14, 1985, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, to Han and Yu-Min Wu. Her parents are Taiwanese American immigrants.

Interesting. Wonder about her relationship with her parents.