Chinese spy who wooed SoCal politician learns fate in chilling case

Source: New York Post

A Chinese spy cozied up to a California city councilwoman — and helped to get the new “political star” elected in 2022 — to advance Beijing’s interests, the feds said. Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 65, will spend four years in prison after getting Eileen Wang to fall for him while serving as her campaign adviser and treasurer during her campaign for Arcadia City Council. At the direction of People’s Republic of China officials, he helped “orchestrate” the Wang’s 2022 election victory and subsequently submitted detailed reports to Chinese intelligence detailing how they had successfully “cultivated” a new “political star” friendly to the Chinese government, according to court documents.