California Arcadia Mayor Resigns and Pleads Guilty After Being Accused of Acting as Chinese Agent

Central News Agency. (Central News Agency, Los Angeles, 11th, comprehensive foreign report) The US Department of Justice announced today that a woman who previously served as the mayor of Arcadia, California, has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government. She has agreed to plead guilty to this federal felony charge.

According to the Department of Justice statement, 58-year-old Eileen Wang was the mayor of Arcadia. Arcadia is located north of Los Angeles and has a population of about 50,000.

The Arcadia City Council website shows that Eileen Wang resigned as mayor today.

In the United States, acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government can be punished with up to 10 years in prison.

The Department of Justice pointed out that Eileen Wang and her accomplice, Chinese-American Yaoning Sun, promoted pro-China rhetoric through the website "US News Center," which they operated and served the local Chinese community.

The statement said: "Eileen Wang and Yaoning Sun received and executed instructions from (Chinese) government officials to post (pro-China) content on the website."

Yaoning Sun pleaded guilty in 2025 to acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government and is currently serving a 4-year prison sentence.

The "Los Angeles Times" reported in May last year that Yaoning Sun helped Eileen Wang get elected to the Arcadia City Council in 2022, and the two were once engaged.

Shortly before Yaoning Sun was sentenced to 4 years, Eileen Wang took office as Arcadia mayor in February this year. She denied the allegations to the Los Angeles Times in May last year and stated that she had broken off her engagement with Yaoning Sun.

US President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Beijing this week to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Edited by Li Pei-shan) 1150512

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