The former mayor of Arcadia, California, pleaded guilty to one count of acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government within the United States on Friday.
Eileen Wang appeared in federal court in Los Angeles, where she delivered the expected guilty plea. She allegedly helped promote pro-China propaganda in the U.S. by sharing prewritten articles favorable to Beijing without notifying the federal government.
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