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The mayor of Arcadia, California, Eileen Wang, has resigned and will plead guilty to acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government by promoting pro-China content online at the direction of Chinese officials, according to U.S. prosecutors. She and her former partner ran a website that posted propaganda after receiving instructions from Chinese government contacts, including a now-jailed official. Her lawyers say the actions were part of her personal life and not connected to her role as mayor.