There is a wealth of stories about Chinese infiltration of American politics, culture, and infrastructure, and politicians are not taking this issue as seriously as they should be.

On Monday, the mayor of Arcadia, California, Eileen Wang, was charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent of the Chinese government. According to the Justice Department, Wang was regularly in communication with Chinese officials and Chinese agents, peddling Chinese propaganda at their behest on her website without disclosing it.

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