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california mayor pleads guilty to being chinese agent

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This is a legal/political event involving an individual mayor and her personal actions. No commercial mechanism, company, commodity, or supply chain is affected. The article does not mention any business, investment, regulation, or economic indicator. Therefore, no sector impact is detected.

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  • Eileen Wang, mayor of Arcadia, California, pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent of China.
  • Wang operated a website called US News Center to disseminate pro-China content.
  • She failed to register as an agent of China with the US Attorney General.
  • Wang faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
  • Her fiance Yaoning 'Mike' Sun is already serving a four-year sentence for similar charges.

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