Journalists Find the Real Villain of Chinese Spy Scandal: RacismGood news: The lab leak theory is no longer racist (or debunked). Bad news: If you don't like China, you're (still) a racist.Andrew Stiles
May 15, 2026Days after Eileen Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, Calif., resigned from her post and pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal foreign agent of China, the mainstream media are doing what they do best: being very concerned about the racist backlash.
NBC News lamented that Wang's resignation had "sparked backlash and reignited fears of anti-Asian discrimination." The double-bylined article cited unspecified "racist comments" that "appeared on social media feeds" after the details of Wang's case became public. The authors quoted several experts and "advocates" who were very concerned about the "dangerous" rise in anti-China rhetoric, including accusations of dual loyalty against Chinese-Americans.
"China is seen as such a rival that you have to pick sides," said Russell Mark Jeung, professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University. "We're so in a political polarized environment and racialized environment that it's hard to straddle both."
Wang admitted in court this week that she "secretly served the interests of the Chinese government" while serving as mayor of Arcadia, a small town in the Los Angeles suburbs with a large Asian population. Wang reportedly promoted Chinese propaganda through a website called "U.S. News Center," and took direction from Chinese government officials. She operated the website alongside Yaoning Sun, a man that Wang "believed to be her fiancé," according to federal officials. Sun is serving a four-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the same charge in October 2025.
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