{"id":64453,"date":"2026-05-12T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/12\/southern-california-mayor-resigns-will-plead-guilty-to-acting-as-agent-for-chinese-government-cnn\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T01:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:35:00","slug":"southern-california-mayor-resigns-will-plead-guilty-to-acting-as-agent-for-chinese-government-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/12\/southern-california-mayor-resigns-will-plead-guilty-to-acting-as-agent-for-chinese-government-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern California mayor resigns, will plead guilty to acting as agent for Chinese government &#8211; CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTFA5dlBidHNLWjFIdEs5OVJaeTdoZ0ZxYzRGX2FDN1Z6WTFMTTl0Um5ZejVqbjh6YjVmeGJzOVpqTEFCSG9XbHRKSFlXSTVUdjNJSENYbkFHSjF5bXFUc293TEt6cUxNSGwzckVz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Southern California mayor resigns, will plead guilty to acting as agent for Chinese government<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxNbEFPWnJYRHE2MVg4QVVOMk03S2JvYVItVzFSZGt3Qm1ENTRRN2l0N0lrYmJXQ01IbktQbmdiVl9SOGZSNDJOMWZKQVZ3eUlCTGhla3lFclhvcFBSUFBzdEtNazF2akR5aVgteVFlR2xWRUthSnlqR2Y0anNhaHRxSlJTWXpiVmpiVGJzS3FGMS1iVTdORnhiTmtZRFBPWkdB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor of California city resigns over charges of being a foreign agent of China<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxQU3lldVNnYzAzUEZKX2pqYUNUR3lWOU84S2pTdlFZOWwwVGZIdWpGVWNLTUF6X0Z0VVFTa1NINzEyZ3FwOTZwYmRyZ2Q0ZGZ3Z1hiMFNWdlBabElibHUyMTRMZEg1dnNNb1hJR1psUEJEd29EZ3NhVUR5Q29TNHIxVk1YZ9IBiwFBVV95cUxQekcwRVlpVWVtMWwxSzRZcUZNWm5ON1IzVC1MZi0xOERTand6RXFDTzJjSWVDNDJ2SkdNUENCZmd2eEVRWm43Sk10cHFVSXVRQkN2M0l3T0Z4cVgtOGxmVk5yZTNDRW84SDl3WnZNY2c2TXdVTGhOaFhmU05Lb0xoZFNhWGQyTDFxdjVJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Arcadia mayor charged with acting as agent of Chinese government<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC Los Angeles<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxOcEF1N2pJVjNLX280eVQ0bjktSGxnZ0hCbkpqbElRSTNSSFdIazJWWUxXcm1md2RQODdZNGYxX1ZGbVNxYlNyVDIweXVuQWlURHhHTGxMUTlSRE15c29iSS1waDc5c1pXZmQwSDI0Y2tpaUU4ekVfT1o1dndOR0hLM2VVTVczb1NuVE9ZVFJleHp4R0ZXbU80bGx0ckgwYWFjWExjTVFuWkdhZklRYzRwVXpOTzI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">California ex-mayor admits acting as agent of China, US authorities say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Al Jazeera<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxPZy1kV3hvWmN4eXJIY2JPaGRtS0FTYjVEWEREVXRiS2xPdF80amd1elhvYXFOTjl3R1BsQkttekN0NzF2T0hodW5wVUhOUnBicDRBblA5TGd2TVI1OGpoRFRBeEpTQWdsZWltZWQxTmpRM0Fkb1pnc2l1NnBudEdrY9IBhgFBVV95cUxNUC0wdTgtanhsZUNTZ3UwNnByenhISHgyUC16OEpsWENyS054U3Ixa2xXTXctTkNnLUNVSXRZTmNrM0VVR3M4cktmek5rUi1vejRRRUdEUkRiNEJqWEN4REV5X0R1Qm81YzJtdFpvRXZoMGxubVl5YlNORzVjNzBpLWhoa0MyQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">California mayor accused of working as a covert agent for China<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">KTLA<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern California mayor resigns, will plead guilty to acting as agent for Chinese government&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN Mayor of California city resigns over charges of being a foreign&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/12\/southern-california-mayor-resigns-will-plead-guilty-to-acting-as-agent-for-chinese-government-cnn\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}