DOJ Charges Mayor With Serving As Chinese Communist Agent

Christine Sellers
Contributor
May 12, 2026 10:17 AM ET
Arcadia, California, Mayor Eileen Wang was federally charged Tuesday with acting as an illegal foreign agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release.
Wang, 58, faces one count of acting in the U.S. as an illegal agent of a foreign government, the DOJ stated in the same press release. She has agreed to plead guilty to the charge, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Wang also resigned Monday from her role as mayor, The Associated Press (AP) reported.
Wang was elected to the Arcadia City Council — the five-person governing body from which the mayor is selected on a rotating basis — in November 2022, according to the DOJ. She is accused of working with Yaoning “Mike” Sun to promote the PRC’s interests in the U.S. from late 2020 through 2022, according to her plea agreement. Wang and Sun operated U.S. News Center, a website that claimed to be a news source for the local Chinese American community. The pair allegedly posted pro-PRC content on the website at the directives of the PRC. (RELATED: Remains Of US Soldier Declared Missing During African Training Operation Recovered As Search Continues For Partner)
Wang also allegedly communicated with a PRC official via WeChat, sharing and editing an essay the official had written for The Los Angeles Times on her website.Additionally, in November 2021, Wang allegedly communicated with John Chen, a high-ranking member of the PRC’s intelligence, and asked him to post a news article from her website.
“This is what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to send,” Wang purportedly wrote, according to the same plea agreement.
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