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Arcadia Mayor Charged as Chinese Government Agent in Propaganda Scheme

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Arcadia Mayor Charged as Chinese Government Agent in Propaganda Scheme
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Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang is charged with acting as an illegal agent of the PRC, admitting to working for the Chinese government on U.S. soil and not notifying U.S. authorities, and directing the pro-China U.S. News Center to publish propaganda, including a Xinjiang-related piece; she resigned, faces up to 10 years in prison under a plea deal, while co-defendant Yaoning Sun is already serving a four-year sentence.

Topics:top-newscrime-and-courts#arcadia#crime-and-courts#eileen-wang#foreign-agent#peoples-republic-of-china#us-news-center
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