After a second hit by sworn in as Arcadia City Council, Eileen Wang settled a dispute that occupied the back row in months near Altadena near the Eaton Fire.

"We broke the fiancé relationship," Wang said of her former campaign manager Yaoong "Mike" Sun. "We maintain friendship."

Their romantic relationship ended last spring, eight months before federal prosecutors accused the Sun of conspiracy and acted as an illegal agent for the foreign government, Wang said.

Wang's April 15 statement, now mayor of the city of San Gabriel Valley, was several times she spoke publicly about allegations against the Sun, allegedly working with China to train Wang in hopes that she can rise up politics and help promote pro-Sina policies, including opposition to Taiwan.

Faced with her call for resignation, Wang vowed not to leave the council in January, stressing that she "had no responsibility for the actions of others."

Wang did not respond to several phone calls and emails from The New York Times. The other four council members also did not respond to emails.

“I have a lot of questions,” said former MP Sheng Chang, who was shocked toward his fight against Wang in 2022 and recalled the fundraising event and Li Zi’s endorsement of “New Kids on the Street.”

Arcadia City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto released Short statement Shortly after the Sun was indicted in December, it said that Wang was working with the FBI and that Sun "had no involvement with the city of Arcadia's business or decision-making."

Wang immigrated to the United States from China thirty years ago and has never been charged, and it is not clear whether she knows the plan. In a criminal lawsuit against the Sun, prosecutors identified her only as "Person 1".

The complaint is said to have been rarely seen in secret influence on politicians and organizations in the San Gabriel Valley, a complaint that is the landing site for many Chinese and Taiwanese immigrants.

The Times examined campaign records show that the Sun had served as the King's campaign manager, borrowing money and helping bring donations - some from sources with links to the Chinese government.

James Su, President of Edi Media, Edi Media Donate Wang's $500 campaign on October 10, 2022. SU's media companies (including several Los Angeles-based media groups, including the Chinese website ICITY News) must register as a foreign agent in May 2022, as it was previously Print The American version of the newspaper is considered a "foreign mission" of the Chinese government.

As the November 2022 election approaches, Icity News has published many glowing articles on Wang, the owner of a political newbie and an after-school tutoring company.

"Remember! You have to vote for Eileen!" A summary of the article, which was one of about six media published in Wang that year, and he would receive SU's recognition and a $500 donation.

There is no story about Wang's opponent Chang, who is a Taiwanese immigrant who borrowed $34,000 himself and he borrowed a nude movement himself.

EDI's office manager Lina Li said she responded on behalf of SU, who wrote in an email that the $500 donation was donated by SU's personal funds because he believed Wang was a "good candidate." She said the company did not have to register as a foreign agent since 2022.

According to campaign financial records, Don Tao's Los Angeles-based Americans, a subsidiary of a Chinese newspaper registered as a foreign agent, also donated $3,300 to Wang's campaign, on August 9, 2022.

According to records, Wang paid the same amount of print ads to the company.

The song "Tao Everyday" is one of the oldest newspapers in Hong Kong and has long appeared on newsstands in Chinatown and St. Gabriel Valley. Sing Tao US wrote in government documents that it is “editor-independent” from its Chinese parent company.

Sing Tao US CEO Robin Mui said Wang's campaign made mistakes in his form of campaign financing. Muyi said Don Tao never contributed to the king's campaign and received payments only from advertisements.

"Los Angeles (branch) never made any political contribution unless you prove it to me otherwise," Mui said.

The criminal lawsuit against the Sun describes a wide range of interactions between Sun and John Chen, who was sentenced to federal prison last year for serving as an illegal Chinese agent and banned the use of spiritual customs against Falun Gong.

Chen reportedly described a former Los Angeles County supervisor, known only as a master's degree, as "China-friendly." Chen's Chinese handler told him that he would get funds to "socialize" with the former supervisor in an attempt to introduce MA's successor, identified as CB

Former director Mike Antonovich, who oversees a region that includes parts of the San Gabriel Valley from 1980 to 2016, said he first met Chen at a dinner party with the Chinese Association and occasionally met him at community events. He said he never felt that Chen was pushing the political agenda.

Antonovich said the only time he felt pressure from the Chinese government was 10 days ago, a national holiday in Taiwan on October 10. Every year, the Chinese consulate will contact each supervisor and ask them not to participate in local celebrations.

Antonovich said he did not pay attention to the guidance and had two celebrations in the two celebrations.

Kathryn Barger, the director who succeeded Antonovich, said she had never seen Chen or the Sun, and no one reached out to the office record, according to her spokesman.

Most of the campaigns carefully planned for the king will be considered the standard fare for the emerging San Gabriel Valley politicians.

Wang, a long-time resident of Arcadia, hired the Santa Maria Group, a well-known lobbying company. She caught the big-name politician's endorsement: Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park) and Chu's husband, former state assembly Michael Michael Eng.

Wang raised a total of $119,000, mainly from donors from the address of the San Gabriel Valley. Another top fundraising event back then was Congressman Michael Cao, who brought about $125,000 to his campaign.

Zhang, who sought a third term on the city council after winning seats in 1994 and 2000, said his legacy became a conversation point in the election for the first time when a supporter asked him to remove her name from the endorsement list because she heard he supported Taiwan’s independence.

Since then, Wang's Instagram account has been filled with videos of her campaign and has been set up as Zippy pop songs. She had previously told The Times that she knocked on every door of her area several times to ensure she reached every resident.

"I've gone for about 140 days...I never stopped," she said in a snack lunch last November, before the criminal charges against the Sun. "I've gone five times."