Arcadia's former mayor, Eileen Wang, has pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered agent for the Chinese government. She admitted to promoting pro-Beijing content without notifying U.S. authorities.

A former Southern California mayor pleaded guilty on Friday to acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government. Eileen Wang, who stepped down as the mayor of Arcadia earlier this month, was charged in April with one count of acting in the US as an illegal agent of a foreign government. She pleaded guilty to doing the bidding of Chinese officials by sharing articles favourable to Beijing, without prior notification to the US government as required by law. The 56-year-old was elected in...