Inside Chinese agent Eileen Wang’s sprawling secret spy network
New York Post • • nation
Key Points:
- Two convicted Chinese spies, Yaoning “Mike” Sun and John Chen, helped Eileen Wang win a seat on the Arcadia City Council in 2022 while secretly reporting to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
- Chen, who served as Wang’s campaign manager and business partner, communicated with PRC officials about Wang’s political influence and her stance against Taiwanese independence.
- Chen was sentenced in 2024 to 20 months in prison for acting as an unregistered agent of China and bribing an IRS agent, while Sun pled guilty to conspiracy and illegal foreign agent charges and received a 40-month sentence.
- Wang, who ended her relationship with Sun amid the investigation, resigned as mayor and pled guilty to acting as an illegal agent for a foreign government, facing up to 10 years in federal prison.
- Court documents reveal that Chen boasted about the effectiveness of Chinese espionage and aimed to use local U.S. politicians to oppose Taiwanese independence.