"Eileen Wang, who was elected to the City Council in November 2022, entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors over charges that she acted under the control of the People's Republic of China to promote propaganda in the U.S. between 2020 through 2022, according to the unsealed court filing."
"Between late 2020 through at least 2022, Wang worked with Yaoning "Mike" Sun, who was her fiance at the time, to run a website called U.S. News Center, which branded itself as a news source targeted for Chinese Americans, according to the agreement. Both Wang and Sun "executed directives" from Chinese government officials, posting requested articles and reporting back with screenshots showing how many people viewed the stories, according to the unsealed agreement."
"On June 10, 2021, the agreement says, Wang received a message from a government official about "China's Stance on the Xinjiang Issue." At the time, the Chinese government was carrying out a campaign of incarceration, persecution and "reeducation" of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province."
""There is no genocide in Xinjiang; there is no such thing as 'forced labor' in any production activity, including cotton production. Spreading such rumor is to defame China, destroy Xinjiang's safety and stability," read the message from the Chinese government official, according to the plea agreement. Minutes after receiving the link, Wang posted the article on her website and responded to the Chinese government official with a link to the a"
Eileen Wang, mayor of Arcadia, entered a plea agreement with federal prosecutors resolving charges that she acted as an illegal foreign agent of China. The agreement states that from 2020 through 2022 she promoted propaganda in the United States under direction from the People’s Republic of China. Wang admitted to all charges and is scheduled for arraignment in downtown Los Angeles. The maximum penalty for the charge is 10 years in prison. The filing says she worked with Yaoning “Mike” Sun to run a website targeting Chinese Americans, executed directives from Chinese government officials, posted requested articles, and reported audience metrics with screenshots. It also describes a June 10, 2021 message about Xinjiang and her posting and response shortly afterward.
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