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Eileen Wang agreed with prosecutors that she worked with the People’s Republic of China to boost propaganda with a fake news website on US soil between 2020 and 2022.
She was elected to Arcadia City Council in November 2022. The city is within LA County. LA’s top federal prosecutor Bill Essayli said this is not the first time China has been caught trying try to exert its influence in the United states.
“Ms. Wang is just the latest to act as an agent for the PRC and it should terrify Americans that she was able to rise to the highest levels of local office in her city,” Essayli said. “I expect her to resign quickly if she hasn’t already.
”Pete Davidson drops truly horrific Charlie Kirk joke during Kevin Hart roast According to court documents, Wang worked with her then fiancé, Yaoning “Mike” Sun, on a web site called “U.S. News Center,” which claimed to be news source for Chinese Americans. But in reality the pair were carrying out Beijing’s orders through the site, and sharing data on how many people had viewed the story with Chinese officials.
Wang and Sun “executed directives” from the Chinese government, posting propaganda designed to help China and reporting back to their masters with screenshots showing how many people viewed the stories, according to the plea agreement. In one case, Wang’s spymaster ordered her to post a PRC-authored essay denying the existence of genocide and forced labor in the Xinjiang region, according to the document.
“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,” wrote Wang’s master, according to the plea agreement. In another case, Wang’s PRC boss commended her on page views received by a certain piece of propaganda. Wang wrote back, “Thank you leader”.
Wang is set to appear in court for arraignment in downtown Los Angeles on Monday afternoon. She faces a maximum of 10 years in prison. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Wang admitted that that she acted under the control of Chinese officials to promote propaganda in the U.S. Prosecutors in 2024 charged Sun with conspiracy and acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government. Wang said her relationship with Sun ended that year.
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