Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1778551352001Screen Shot 2026-05-12 at 6.41.55 AM (3).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Eileen Wang, 58, the mayor of Arcadia, a city just north of Los Angeles with a population of about 50,000, has agreed to plead guilty to the felony charge, the department said in a statement.<em> Courtesy: arcadiaca.gov/file</em></span></span></span></div><p>LOS ANGELES, United States — A woman who served as mayor of a California city has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government, the Department of Justice said Monday.</p><p>Eileen Wang, 58, the mayor of Arcadia, a city just north of Los Angeles with a population of about 50,000, has agreed to plead guilty to the felony charge, the department said in a statement.</p><p>Wang resigned from her post as mayor on Monday, according to the Arcadia City Council&#x27;s website.</p><p>Acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government carries a maximum term of 10 years in prison in the United States.</p><p>The Justice Department said Wang and an accomplice, Yaoning Sun, promoted pro-Chinese propaganda through a website they operated called US News Center serving the local Chinese American community.</p><p>&quot;Wang and Sun received and executed directives from (Chinese) government officials to post (pro-Chinese) content on the website,&quot; it said.</p><p>Sun pleaded guilty in 2025 to acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government and is serving a four-year prison sentence.</p><p>President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Beijing this week and meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>.</p>

<p>A woman who served as mayor of a California city has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government, the Department of Justice said Monday.</p>

A woman who served as mayor of a California city has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government, the Department of Justice said Monday.

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California mayor charged with acting as Chinese agent

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Published May 12, 2026 10:04 AM PHT

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