{"id":67838,"date":"2026-05-15T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/15\/was-the-mayor-a-spy-l-a-suburb-left-wondering-about-chinas-effort-to-influence-los-angeles-times\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:58:00","slug":"was-the-mayor-a-spy-l-a-suburb-left-wondering-about-chinas-effort-to-influence-los-angeles-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/15\/was-the-mayor-a-spy-l-a-suburb-left-wondering-about-chinas-effort-to-influence-los-angeles-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Was the mayor a spy? L.A. suburb left wondering about China\u2019s effort to influence &#8211; Los Angeles Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNMjBZSzlPQlM4dTliVDBIc0d2NW16cGg5dEc3OGxQdGxJcVJjM3dYZ1RiYjkyN3FHLUtxVXhxZ1hTWUhSclFLV2Fvb3A4THg3TVBQb0lFX0puQnNwU0FDVDJPU0h0NkJzNjl4RXJGUWszWFAwQVZGYWFxc3c1SG0tSURKdWQtNzRYa1BEZ3MxN1Vwby0waVJoVFlFN2pFT1ptYUgxVw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Was the mayor a spy? L.A. suburb left wondering about China\u2019s effort to influence<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Los Angeles Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPcjVmZ2xrZ09ZaUllNXNzWG1uLXpGdW1EZ19pd1FhVkE0V3l6TGxsUUtfdXZPejZBS0NIXzk1ejFPeVE0OXg3MTNTdnNTUDFzWDNnWEhmRE8zVGJ4bE5nZGt0a01HOHhHdkpIU2YyWGxxZThZYXM0SzlkUm9DTVd1ZEo0bFFBeElSS2FiLUxac2xjRXdRTnB2Yk9OQ1kwbjgtajZpWThpdW1kaFVNMUlZSFE2MFU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Racial backlash erupts online after California mayor admits to being an agent for China<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxOQ0hiSWo3N0NLZ1JQZXBoMzNSNDZMMTM0cEpNZ1FKUWVXdmJvcjE1QXh1QkdIX1VrNmpqZl9FaW42QXpYQmZJMXpVTmZtT2RxNFUya1E2WFdMTWVvcy1xN3c4cjB4ZjBCc0ttUTI4NTdEZl9PTU9Bd0tpaDZtRnhJSm04RzJfcnVXNEVZVEx3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">An LA-area mayor acted as an agent for China. Experts say it&#8217;s part of a pattern<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxQQlN0WS1vRlgxTWZTSmxMVlVyR19FOE1IbzNFUkdzRDNOSG5nd1ozckxRaTBfSWg3bnRaaGNsVFlEMFBlVHJUY3NvYUhCTG5TcVNQZDJxR2VRa2tXcmZwOXNPSmlLNVc5Ulc4bGJQT3RSN1NhSXBELXFpZnl1Q3ZZSUNQMS1jYzlYdTM4Ry1XWTZ5Y1JZc2lnSnhZZmljOHZ2RDlMdDhlbjNSMWcx?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Spotlight on China Adds to Some Chinese Americans\u2019 Fears<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxNMUJ3WWRkOVV6RmwzR2NOaDN1dlppd0RNYWJWQkFzbWRxOG95UkRjSHI0eU1ual84OV9OM1c1SXo3a2lXQndsQ0dPdi1ranUwUW9Ec0tvQ0xNMXRCMkotZTlDblhveE5HVi1oaTIwZ1hNcGxZbEdWblBuZnVubkt1SnR2TzBxTFJTbWlhaEZB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">California Mayor Resigns, Admitting to Being an Agent for China<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Time Magazine<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was the mayor a spy? L.A. suburb left wondering about China\u2019s effort to influence&nbsp;&nbsp;Los Angeles Times Racial backlash erupts online after California mayor admits to&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/15\/was-the-mayor-a-spy-l-a-suburb-left-wondering-about-chinas-effort-to-influence-los-angeles-times\/\" 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-67838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67838","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=67838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}