The former mayor of a city in southern California has been charged with acting as a foreign agent for China, the US department of justice (DoJ) said.

The mayor of Arcadia, California, Eileen Wang, abruptly resigned Monday as federal prosecutors announced she had been charged with acting as a covert foreign agent for China.

The mayor of Arcadia, a city in California, has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent of China, according to the US Department of Justice. Eileen Wang, 58, has resigned from her position as mayor and is expected to formally enter her guilty plea in a federal court in Los Angeles in the coming weeks.

Federal prosecutors expect Wang to plead guilty to charges of acting as an agent for China when she operated a Chinese community news website.

Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang faces federal charges for acting as an unregistered agent of China, promoting PRC interests from 2020 to 2022.

The mayor of Arcadia, Eileen Wang, faces 10 years in federal prison after agreeing to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent of the People's Republic of China on Monday. Laurie Perez reports.

The mayor of Arcadia, California, Eileen Wang, abruptly resigned Monday as federal prosecutors announced she had been charged with acting as a covert foreign agent for China. Wang has agreed to plead

The former mayor of Arcadia resigned after admitting to acting as an illegal foreign agent of China in a federal plea deal unsealed on Monday. 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.