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Cheap_Atmosphere3276 8 hr ago +2619

Shocking that a literal foreign agent got elected and nobody noticed until now.

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godisanelectricolive 7 hr ago +587

She’s been under investigation since 2022 when she was elected to city council and they have a system where councillors take turns being mayor. They don’t have mayoral elections. It took time for them to build the case and charge her so she became mayor by rotation before that happened.

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sweetglazes 6 hr ago +217

The US also likes to pump out a big anti China story before big publicized meetings between China and the US (Trump is visiting China for the next 3 days). It happens every time, so they probably had this charge/story holstered until ready.

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Mybunsareonfire 5 hr ago +86

And since this is in CA, it's like 2 birds with 1 propaganda stone.

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BakedChocolateOctopi 3 hr ago +1

Doesn’t make it not true though

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stentordoctor 4 hr ago +18

The one time I appreciate the propaganda. I'm Taiwanese.

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Bitter-Train-5961 4 hr ago +4

Everything is propaganda even if my life gets fucked right???

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JL9berg18 5 hr ago +5

I think they're being facetious and talking about our president...

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RedBirdOnASnowyDay 5 hr ago +1

They probably waited until she was mayor to bring charges because its sooooo much more dramatic.

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mickyninaj 3 hr ago +1

Federal investigations can take years before finding and gathering enough evidence for a charge worth pursuing. It isn't a cut and dry case.

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jitteryegg 3 hr ago +7

Biden admin waited?

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CTQ99 8 hr ago +669

Arcadia has an extremely large Chinese xpat population. No idea who she ran against, but if they weren't Chinese, they would've been fighting an uphill battle against her. I'm more curious how the encrypted WeChat was revealed.

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godisanelectricolive 7 hr ago +334

She wasn’t elected mayor because city council members [take turns](https://builder1.revize.com/revize/arcadiaca/government/city_managers_office/public_information/february_2026.php) being mayor and mayor pro tem (deputy mayor) every nine and a half months. Her opponent for city council was also Chinese. It’s a council-manager system so the mayor isn’t that important. The council hires a manager to do all the administration and the mayor is just the chair of the council. The council is supposed to just be the board of directors while the manager is the CEO. There are six council members who are all Chinese heritage, not all mainland Chinese though. The city manager is an Italian American named Dominic Lazzaretto.

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SupportCa2A 4 hr ago +29

We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as sort-of-executive officer for the week, but all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting by a simple majority, in the case of purely internal affairs, but by a two thirds majority, in the case of more major--

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random20190826 8 hr ago +95

Hmm, WeChat isn't encrypted, or so I was told. Source: I am a Chinese Canadian who has WeChat, but rarely read what others post, and even more rarely post anything myself.

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shah_of-iran 7 hr ago +15

We trade information regarding foreign assets with foreign adversaries all the time. “We’ll give you intel on X asset in your country if you give us intel on this foreign asset in our country” all part of the game

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raisedredflag 4 hr ago +8

Ok lets trade intel. My country sucks ass, and our politicians are clowns. Your turn.

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mailwasnotforwarded 6 hr ago +16

Most likely she wasn't an important asset and Chinese intelligence did an intelligence trade with the CIA. I won't say how I know but intelligence agencies tend to do these kind of deals as a way to negotiate.

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C0UNT3RP01NT 5 hr ago +22

I always wondered who would do that job knowing your own agency might sell you out if you’re not useful? Like f*** I did my job and now I get to rot in prison, not because I got caught but because you decided I would be more useful serving in prison.

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RedBirdOnASnowyDay 5 hr ago +4

I want to know exactly how China would benefit from an agent embedded in a smallish california town would even benefit China? They already have tiktok. They can get all the info and influence they ever dreamed of with that.

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aqtseacow 4 hr ago +7

You aren't thinking wide enough. Her individual position is likely not important, but her ability to partake in and advance other social engineering schemes from a position of social influence is nothing to balk at.

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AnEyeAmongMany 5 hr ago +14

one day a city councilor, maybe the next something more important. cultivating and intelligence network is long view operation.

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KaputtEqu1pment 4 hr ago +3

... Like the POTUS?

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cire1184 8 hr ago +95

The city is majority Chinese-American now. It used to be a Taiwanese-American enclave then the Mainland Chinese started immigrating there because Taiwanese still speak Mandarin. It's basically Chinese Beverly Hills now.

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cyanescens_burn 7 hr ago +31

Oh man. The great replacement theory people are going to meme this to oblivion.

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fragrant-final-973 7 hr ago +24

They don’t have the big feelings for Asian folks like they do for brown people.

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derpaderp2020 7 hr ago +34

Asians especially Chinese got a lot of feelings about brown people they just don't say it out loud, puts even the great replacement theory people to shame.

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Initial_Hedgehog_631 6 hr ago +29

Oh they say it out loud, they just do it in Chinese.

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sweetglazes 6 hr ago +13

They reverse is true too, people got lot of feelings about Chinese people they don't say out loud, instead sometimes they say it with their fists.

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RevolutionaryGain823 3 hr ago +1

As a non-Murican it’s interesting to me how racism against Asians is largely ignored in America unless it fits a “useful narrative”. For example I was living/working in San Francisco (huge Asian community) around the time #StopAsianHate was big in the American media during COVID. The strong implication in media reporting was that Trump loving white lads were attacking Asian people for no reason. But as more violent crimes against Asians were examined it became apparent the perpetrators were mostly other POC not MAGA Republicans. Once that became clear the media dropped the #StopAsianHate movement like a hot potato One sad example: https://abc7news.com/post/suspect-found-guilty-involuntary-manslaughter-2021-san-francisco-grandpa-vicha-murder-case/18410822/

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No-Introduction1495 7 hr ago +5

Asians are the most racist mofos

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kwuhkc 6 hr ago +13

Ah, a fellow Asian. Hello there.

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GuyOfNugget 7 hr ago +9

It's funny considering how racist the US has been against Chinese people historically.

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Financial_Yard7047 5 hr ago +4

The US was/is particularly racist against Chinese/Asian men. Asian women on the other hand, they historically were more enthusiastic about bringing here lol. Just white patriarchy racism

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sylva748 7 hr ago +4

"The ideal immigrants" as they call Asian folks

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Even_Tangerine_4201 5 hr ago +2

So funny when your personal experience happens to brush up against these big national storylines/trends. Really reinforces how silly so many of them are when you have seen more than just some cherry-picked stats or video clips on your phone. I have been to Arcadia (and other towns with massive Chinese/Taiwanese populations in that area) many times. It’s very very noticeable how many business names, ads etc are in Chinese. They have for sure taken the whole place over. And yet somehow it never occurred to me that Arcadia might be the staging ground for the eventual replacement of white America. Here was my dumb ass thinking it was just a place to get awesome dim sum. 😉

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SightAtTheMoon 5 hr ago +3

Also because Taiwan is considered "the Japan of China" and it's a very different vibe than the mainland, so it attracts mainlanders because it's "nicer". In a similar way, you can immediately tell the bias of a so-called Chinatown by looking in the corners.

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FadedToBeige 8 hr ago +401

most of the US government is working at the behest of a foreign country

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tabrizzi 8 hr ago +17

We do have that former mayor of a northeastern city who had a Turkish connection.

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KimJongFunk 8 hr ago +46

The behavior is indistinguishable

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Fuzzy_Donl0p 8 hr ago +30

“you have been banned for blood libel”

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Romboteryx 6 hr ago +8

The sad thing is I don‘t even know if you‘re referencing Russia or Israel because both would be true

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PrettyYoungTiger 8 hr ago +62

Big fat checks from AIPAC are A Okay! ☺️ But no china people money😡 China people bad !

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SpiritualBar2469 8 hr ago +55

ok just because aipac is wrong doesnt mean working for china is ok

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PrettyYoungTiger 7 hr ago +23

I’m criticizing the hypocrisy, not advocating china.

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zack77070 7 hr ago +12

You're also not comparing apples to apples. Aipac is a recognized group, if Chinese Americans wanted to make a political funding group that advocates for the CCP they could.

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wostestwillis 7 hr ago +9

No, the FARA exists for all other aipac like groups. Why isn't aipac held to that standard? 🤔

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PrettyYoungTiger 7 hr ago +8

Yea okay. Im sure China could create a lobbyist group in America & it would be received the way Israels funding groups are received. Politicians would have little Chinese flag pins on their suits, just like they already do for Israel. Lol Wake up buddy. Its a game that was rigged generations ago.

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zack77070 7 hr ago +4

Yes they could if they are American citizens, it's their first amendment right. They could also openly be a Nazi if they wanted to, its not going to happen but you have every right to do so if you wish.

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ID_SINK 7 hr ago +5

The US government does not actually care about the first amendment when it is perceived to conflict with their geopolitical interests in regards to China

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zack77070 7 hr ago +5

Any examples of the US government directly interfering with a Chinese American political movement? Even Tik Tok was busted because they bought an American social media company to bypass foreign company data rules.

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wostestwillis 7 hr ago +4

"Working for China" Ah, posting some propaganda on some website that maybe a few thousand read? That's why she got such a low bail and only 4 years. Compare that to senators, presidents, the whole government actual enacting laws for them that shall not be named.

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CellistMundane9372 8 hr ago +20

For some reason, I'm not surprised that a ton of accounts are flopping out simultaneously to shift the topic from Chinese spying as quickly as possible.

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BagNo2988 7 hr ago +10

Yeah every time it gets mentioned someone would say but the US does it as well or something

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callisstaa 6 hr ago +4

In the UK we scrapped all of our Huawei infrastructure because daddy murica told us to despite implementing it after numerous investigations and teardowns proved it to be safe. Then we sold all of our NHS patient records to Palantir.

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WildOkra9571 6 hr ago +2

Lol, I thought they were talking about Russia

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Farobi 8 hr ago +57

Same thing happened in the Philippines, former mayor Alice Guo was caught spying and serving China's interests on the side. Last I heard though she got life in prison.

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Stiimpoops 7 hr ago +27

She didn't get caught spying and she wasn't charged with spying. She got convicted for human trafficking for POGOs. She also wasn't serving China's interests because she was serving the interests of POGOs which are illegal casinos operated by Chinese gangs that fled Chinese authorities and settled in the Philippines. The politicians then pulled a MAGA and did the whole, "she worked for an illegal c***** operated by Chinese gangs, so therefore she must be a Chinese spy." Their entire argument falls apart because the Chinese government is against these POGOs since they scam and human traffic a bunch of Chinese people.

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netflixissodry 6 hr ago +7

Except the literally uncovered that Alice Guo’s entire life story was lie. She pretended to be half Filipino born from a filipina maid who disappeared to a Chinese father but turns out that was false along with much of childhood story. It’s like something out of a movie about sleeper agents

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Qules_LP 6 hr ago +5

While I don't buy she is a fully fledged spy, I do see the evidence against her still being an informative to the Chinese government true.

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netflixissodry 6 hr ago +2

She might not have been working with CCP yet but based on how the average Chinese agent operates it was a matter of time. She was already favorable and partial towards Chinese and “chinese-filipinos” which would make her a useful asset to China when the time comes as they have a deep interest in Philippines. They could have probably attempted to elevate her status in the government to being senator or president. CCP is always willing took past the POGO and thug operations that rich Chinese do in SEA so long as they don’t get caught and embarrass the Chinese government. These Chinese operations are all over Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, etc but China only does something when high profile arrests are made. The operators of these things have free reign to come/go from China as they please

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sweetglazes 6 hr ago +6

That still isn't proof she's spy for the government. She could be lying for the gangs.

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MambaOut330824 6 hr ago +3

Funny how we’re supposedly making America great again and a literal traitor committing treason gets 4 years in prison Remind me how much time a drug charge gets you again?

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Seastep 7 hr ago +6

I'm not a puppet, you're the puppet!

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MummysSpeshulGuy 7 hr ago +10

Being a foreign asset is seemingly a valuable position to hold when running for office in America recently

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rexspook 7 hr ago +11

Breh there’s one in the White House rn

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Calsun12345 7 hr ago +22

Trumps in the white house and been an “agent” of Putin since 2016 man…..

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pink_faerie_kitten 6 hr ago +6

And Bibi.

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PTBAFC24601 7 hr ago +5

Are we still talking Arcadia or…?

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pink_faerie_kitten 6 hr ago +3

One is currently in the White House. It must be an American thing.

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Numerous_Actuary_548 5 hr ago +3

And she was GOP first. To no one’s surprise. Smells like Tulsi.

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TheBatemanFlex 8 hr ago +13

I mean she was mayor for like a day.

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gOingmiaM8 7 hr ago +2

If you know the real history, it's not shocking at all.

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Godloseslaw 4 hr ago +2

Have you noticed that Trump never criticizes Vladimir Putin?

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Parahelix 8 hr ago +3

Yeah, absolutely shocking! And then it happens again with this chick! Maybe it got normalized.

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Teantis 8 hr ago +1

If you read the article she basically got scammed by her 'fiance'

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tyme 8 hr ago +9

*looks at the current President* Is it really?

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KimJongFunk 8 hr ago +870

> Eileen Wang, who was elected mayor of the city of 56,000 in 2022, appeared in federal court Monday and was released on a $25,000 bond. A $25,000 bond seems fairly low for that level of crime tbh

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Cyberous 7 hr ago +151

I think the only thing the prosecutors allege she did was not registering with the government. I believe her actions would otherwise be legal. Also, I wonder if they were more lenient because they don't want to open the can of worms of needing to go after all the people posting Israeli propaganda without registering.

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Chinpokomaster05 6 hr ago +36

Justice doesn't go after all equally. They're lenient because it's no big deal. Getting her on essentially a technicality and claiming victory

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redoubt515 6 hr ago +22

I think people are getting mislead by the term 'agent' and believing that it implies much more than it does (assuming 'agent' = 'secret agent' >An "agent" is an individual or entity that acts “within the United States” at the order, request, direction, or \[direct or indirect\] control of a “foreign principal” (meaning a government or foreign political party) I believe this would include everything from official/legal intelligence operatives, to lobbyists employed by a foreign government, to foreign controlled political action groups, and PR/media organizations affiliated with foreign governments or political parties.

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Ecuni 4 hr ago +5

Sounds like something AIPAC should have to do

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HP844182 5 hr ago +12

So exactly what it sounds like?

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Stoyfan 4 hr ago +3

Unless if she had access to secret info (which as a mayor she unlikely did)then the only other thing to go after her is the fact that she was not registered as a foreign agent. Being registered isn't inherently illegal but it allows the government to approve or disapprove any attempts to use US residents to further the interests of their own country, with diplomats being a good example. But most people who do this kind of work for adverseries tend to do it covertly and as a result will likely fall foul of these laws.

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theuncleiroh 5 hr ago +10

She was convicted (and admitted guilt) of making posts of content that officials from China asked her to. Even if it's criminal and unacceptable, it's hardly shocking stuff. Doesn't even look like they're even accusing her of being paid or anything, just making posts with the cooperation of the Chinese govt without registering. It's not surprising the bond for that isn't very high. The only illegal part about it is the lack of registration (and even then, do you think the government is going after every person that accepted money from israel to post pro-israeli stories? Because I've got a hard time believing all the people who literally admitted to accepting money for it is a registered foreign agent)

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sheepnwolfsclothing 8 hr ago +30

Our justice system is a joke.

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Expert_Penalty8966 3 hr ago +1

The crime being posting on a website is really funny. >Prosecutors said that Wang and Yaoning “Mike” Sun promoted “pro-PRC propaganda” in the U.S. through a website titled “U.S. News Center.” PRC refers to the People’s Republic of China.

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FadedToBeige 8 hr ago -27

all she did was post pro-China articles on a website

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mindfungus 8 hr ago +184

Dude, she didn’t just “post some socials”, she actually ran the whole website called “U.S. News Center” which was dedicated to publishing propaganda that was directed by the Chinese government: She “received and executed directives from PRC government officials to post pro-PRC content on the website” and sometimes sought permission from Chinese government officials to post content. But the law she actually broke was that since she was acting as a US government official, she was required to notify the U.S. attorney general, but failed to do so.

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bros_and_cons 7 hr ago +30

eric adams was working for the turkish government as mayor of a city of infinitely more importance and got his case dismissed. i’m glad she got caught but this is small potatoes.

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SavageSan 7 hr ago +26

Eric Adams got his case dismissed by Trump's DOJ as a favor. Then the voters of NYC dismissed him.

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Orio_n 4 hr ago +2

How's this any different from trumps truth social? 🥀

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kqlx 7 hr ago +2

if i posted pro US articles while being the mayor of a city in china, what would happen to me?

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GRODYSATTVA 8 hr ago +11

The agreement says Wang and Sun “received and executed directives from PRC government officials to post pro-PRC content on the website” and sometimes sought permission from Chinese government officials to post content. That’s a whole lot more than shitposting articles. Nice try, though.

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kenji4861 6 hr ago +249

Not surprised at all. Even from a video 10 years ago, they were calling Arcadia, Chinese Beverly Hills https://youtu.be/nuMhqrFOSYE?si=jNcqgRGKVW-o1yib Investors from China were/are buying up properties there. It’s happening elsewhere too. Cupertino. Irvine. Same goes for sf, ny but I think the population is too big over there to take over everything.

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curiouslyjake 3 hr ago +98

That's not the same as an elected official taking direct orders from China.

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Mobile_Morale 3 hr ago +1

Chinas enclave in California needed a leader who would follow the CCPs orders. Makes sense.

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ItalyExpat 2 hr ago +1

China keeps close tabs on its diaspora. Here in Italy there was a big deal because Chinese police were operating in the chinese communities.

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Meldanorama 4 hr ago +9

San Francisco & new York?

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Frosty_Employment171 3 hr ago +1

They're buying everything in NYC.

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GruGruxLob 2 hr ago +1

They have also been buying up water rights in the southwest.

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nobadhotdog 8 hr ago +234

Didn't china have police stations and shit in America?

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Beautiful-Cup4161 8 hr ago +143

Yes and globally. Canada, UK, Spain, Germany, France, etc. It was all over my news in 2021 and 2022 then I stopped hearing about them. I wonder if things changed or if the news cycle got bored and moved on.

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callisstaa 6 hr ago +24

There was a *LOT* of anti-China consent manufacturing going on that stopped outright on the day that Russia invaded Ukraine.

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gplfalt 6 hr ago +40

Uh huh. As if there isnt two proven guilty British-Chinese civilians just recently engaging in this behavior threatening Hong Kong expats. China does engage in private policing of Chinese dissidents and critics on western soil. Thats proven beyond doubt.

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MidnightMillennium 8 hr ago +62

Yes, international Chinese police outposts. They just decided they would go around and police their citizens internationally on foreign soil without telling anyone or asking for permission from the foreign country. Insane. Literally would rent out an office and use it as a 'police station'. Unlike the Russians, Chinese aren't very good spies, they keep getting caught.

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BaconSoul 8 hr ago +36

*these* ones keep getting caught.

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Alembici 5 hr ago +5

Umm.. I can only remember one instance where an MSS agent was actually caught and arrested in the U.S. Were there others?

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JammedTlilet 4 hr ago +11

All foreign agents and spies regardless of origin should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The same is true in every country in the World.

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ryadryt 8 hr ago +790

Great. Now do it for the President as an agent of Russia.

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Jonestown_Juice 8 hr ago +193

And the director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

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FlirtyFluffyFox 5 hr ago +11

So easy it's boring. He went to Russia, started rallying against NATO, opened his c***** with Russian money that was used for money laundering, got his dumb book published, and was introduced to Epstein all around the same time. Oh, and divorced and remarried a Soviet bloc bride. Oh, and this was all when the GOP started helping post-communist Russia divide assets between oligarchs. And "around the same time" I mean within 3 years.

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Excusemytootie 7 hr ago +38

More of an agent of Israel but yeah, Russia too.

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theuncleiroh 5 hr ago +3

And for every single person that accepted israeli money for positive posts (not to mention the ones who coordinated with a foreign state for love of the (genocide) game). Personally, I'm more worried about the pernicious influence of the countries that are actively engaged in warfare and killing civilians. I don't see a reason why my country wants to make us believe China is our greatest enemy (hell, I don't see a reason to believe they're our enemy at all). There's nothing wrong with mutual coexistence and prosperity, especially when the alternative is war between superpowers

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TimHung931017 7 hr ago

Russia? You mean Israel

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Vanethor 3 hr ago +1

Seems to be both, honestly.

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Coffee1392 8 hr ago -6

My first thought. Like, who cares? How is this making headlines when we have a 34x convicted felon with dementia in office who continues to let me and every other person in this country down on a daily basis. I’m tired

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rook119 7 hr ago +43

Dastardly China stealing our NIMBY technology

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NDeceptikonn 8 hr ago +17

And that’s at my home town!

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Loose_Inspector898 6 hr ago +3

Right next to my home town!

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bannedbytheshadows 6 hr ago +3

Hello Apache

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Lonely_Noyaaa 8 hr ago +18

The punishment seems light so far. The guy sentenced to 20 months for bribery and acting as an agent of China, Wang is looking at a similar deal. For compromising a US elected official, that's practically a slap on the wrist.

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Krelius 6 hr ago +17

In the grand scheme of things she didn’t do anything actually damaging, a couple propaganda posts on a news site, that’s nothing. Honestly the Chinese was a bit amateur here, it would not have been an issue if they went through a “lobbying firm” like other countries.

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Inculta666 6 hr ago +2

Considering the fact that US president is a criminal, it’s practically death sentence because they even were sentenced at all in comparison.

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cablemigrant 8 hr ago +74

Do the people acting as an agent of Israel next… I’m kidding I’m kidding

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Illustrious_Hotel527 6 hr ago +17

Do the same for agents of Israel..can fill up entire city jails with them.

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Acceptable-Bus-2017 6 hr ago +3

Politicians should be vetted just as much as government employees with security clearances at the very least. If you can pass a background check you shouldn't be allowed to be a public official.

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pndfam05 8 hr ago +16

What was she selling? The planned location of the next Walmart?

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bottlechippedteeth 6 hr ago +4

Yea like wtf are the Chinese gonna learn here at this point?

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Avenheit 5 hr ago +6

i'm just waiting for that group of americans that think shes innocent because shes not white

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md222 8 hr ago +18

TIL there is a city called Southern California

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blisstaker 6 hr ago +23

> Eileen Wang, who was elected mayor of the city of 56,000 in 2022, appeared in federal court Monday and was released on a $25,000 Nope the city name is 56,000

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Silent_Payment_4283 4 hr ago +3

There’s a City of Industry nearby, surely there’s a City of 56,000.

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EmployeeNo4241 8 hr ago +21

City is called Arcadia. Which is probably nicer and better managed than 95% of other cities in LA county. She might be a Chinese agent but she isn’t doing a bad job.

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Empyrealist 7 hr ago +4

Does anyone know anything about the specific content that was pro-PRC that she was posting on the website?

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MentalDisintegrat1on 6 hr ago +8

We have Russian and Israel asset's in the government right now at the highest level. Epsteins islands was a Israeli honypot to catch the top people engaging in the most heinous crimes ( f****** kids)

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Niceromancer 5 hr ago +6

She was a Republican up till 2022 btw.

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pigment-blue 7 hr ago +6

Good. Now about that Russian one in White House…

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Iconic254 5 hr ago +2

I guess her 'Open Door Policy' was a bit more literal than the voters expected.

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curiouslyjake 3 hr ago +2

"For example, in June 2021, a PRC official contacted Wang and other individuals via the WeChat encrypted messaging application with pre-written news articles, including a PRC official-written essay in the Los Angeles Times that stated: “China’s Stance on the Xinjiang Issue – There is no genocide in Xinjiang; there is no such thing as ‘forced labor’ in any production activity" At least the LA times were transparent about this being written by a chinese official.

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xunreelx 3 hr ago +1

She will be in China before her court date.

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SeekingTanelorn 8 hr ago +5

They'd better check the rest of the San Gabriel Valley...

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vinmen2 7 hr ago +6

Isnt the president a agent for Russia, or is it Israel?

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assgoblin87 3 hr ago +3

Cool, now prosecute all the agents of Israel in our government next.

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Effective-Ear-8367 6 hr ago +7

So it's only a crime when they are Chinese?

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thedracle 8 hr ago +6

Wait until the find out about the President.

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danklinxie 5 hr ago +2

Too little info for me to say, but Idk what’s more propagandistic than “releasing” child predator files that protect the abusers. Let’s talk about propaganda :)

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Dungeon_Crawler_Carl 6 hr ago +2

But was she a good mayor or not?

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missmermaidgoat 6 hr ago +2

Same thing happened to a small town in the Philippines! Look up Mayor Alice Guo of Tarlac, PH

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TopSlotScot 8 hr ago

Isnt that treason? Like death penalty tier stuff? She got a fine and thats it?

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ceapaire 7 hr ago +6

US has a much stricter definition than at least most of the world. You have to be aiding an enemy we're formally at war with. Even the espionage act probably won't be very applicable, since I doubt a small(ish) town mayor is really in a position to have information that would compromise national defense.

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Deflorma 8 hr ago +11

She didn’t commit treason she just sorta outed herself to a conflict of interest, similar to many politicians in the trump administration

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vanilla_w_ahintofcum 8 hr ago -4

I wasn’t aware the US was at war with China.

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ward9421 6 hr ago +2

This is either going to be a shitty 2 season Netflix dramedy or an excellent 5+ season Apple TV workplace comedy.

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aNuggetsUncle 8 hr ago +2

Just sayin... Gavin Newsom has repeatedly vetoed legislation that aimed to put limits on Chinese influence within California. Newsom also cleaned up San Francisco only when Xi Jinping visited California in 2023....then he let the city go right back to shit. Gavin Newsom also then turned around and visited China on a diplomatic mission to "visit China to strengthen climate cooperation, economic ties, and subnational relations". Are we really surprised this happened in California, might need to look into that. This, with the fraud, sounds like some turncoat like behavior going on in the state.

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Kitakitakita 8 hr ago +2

This seems to happen a lot

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bathinggrapes 6 hr ago +1

Imagine what’s happening in Richmond BC…

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analytickantian 4 hr ago +1

"Thank you leader" Ahahahhahahahha

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DoubleDixon 3 hr ago +1

Perhaps being able to give politicians money led to this. Sounds like we need some sort of national overhaul of our campaign contributions laws.

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Thebearjew559 3 hr ago +1

You mean North Taiwan?

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