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At 2:00 p.m. Beijing time on October 19, 2026, X user @jielijian posted news that a rally would be held in front of the Chinese Consulate-General in Los Angeles from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. that day to voice support for Peng Lifa, the "Sitong Bridge warrior." The event aims to defend human rights and call on anti-CCP participants to join; the on-site contact person is Liao Wenhao.

Los Angeles held an anti-CCP, anti-Xi event in front of the local Chinese consulate (address: 443 Shatto Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90020) from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on October 18, 2026. The event theme was to voice support for Sitong Bridge hero Peng Lifa, and put forward the demand "No leaders, we want votes; not slaves, but citizens."

On October 12, 2026, Beijing time, the Chinese Democracy Party International Alliance held a protest rally in front of the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles, accusing the Chinese government of transnational repression and of persecuting more than 20 of its party members and their family members in China. At the scene, the alliance submitted a protest letter to Consul General Guo Shaochun, solemnly condemning the Chinese Communist Party's human rights crimes against dissidents, demanding an end to threats and violent attacks, and stating that it would lobby the U.S. Congress to hold those responsible to account.

At around 7 p.m. local time, a fire broke out along North Broadway in Los Angeles' Chinatown, engulfing a brick-and-wood building housing commercial warehouses and several offices; firefighters subsequently brought the blaze under control.

A detention hearing was held at the federal court in Los Angeles. The defense proposed a bail package involving property and electronic monitoring, while prosecutors alleged that her asset disclosures were false and that she posed a flight risk. In the end, the judge ruled that she will remain in custody.

On October 7, according to CBS, Zhang Wanying, suspected of surveilling Lai Ching-te's son, offered three properties worth more than $1.2 million as collateral and agreed to electronic monitoring, but a judge at the federal court in Los Angeles ruled that she posed a flight risk, citing her possession of a Chinese passport she had not surrendered, her family's financial ties in China, and inconsistent statements about her assets, and ordered that she remain in custody. Prosecutors also disclosed that another person in the same case had already traveled to China on a one-way ticket.

On October 6, prosecutors in Los Angeles County, the United States, charged Xuan Guojun and his wife Zhang Siwei with conspiring to abuse 15 children, 14 of whom were born through surrogacy. Prosecutors said Xuan Guojun told the nannies to "hit harder" and personally beat the children; the couple had discussed inflicting corporal punishment without leaving marks and taught the children to deny being beaten. Both have pleaded not guilty, and bail was set at $20 million each.

The FBI arrested Zhang Wanying at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday as she was planning to travel to China; the U.S. Attorney's Office charged her with acting as an unregistered foreign agent.

Zhang Wanying appeared in a Los Angeles federal court in handcuffs and shackles for her first hearing, represented by a court-appointed public defender, and the judge urged her to hire a private attorney as soon as possible.

On October 5 local time in the United States, 34-year-old California real estate agent Zhang Wanying, suspected of spying on Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's son and family members on behalf of the Chinese government, made her first appearance in a Los Angeles federal court. The judge ordered her to remain in custody, with a detention hearing set for October 7. The indictment alleges that she received her surveillance assignment in the United States in Changsha in June 2025.

The US FBI arrested Zhang Wanying, a Chinese-American woman living in California, at Los Angeles International Airport, accusing her of being instructed by Chinese government officials to travel to Seattle to surveil Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's son, Lai Ting-yu.

Zhang Wanying was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport as she was preparing to board a flight to Shanghai. US federal prosecutors accused her of acting as an agent of the Chinese government without registering.

Chinese spy Zhang Wanying, suspected of surveilling Lai Ching-te's son in the United States, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport while preparing to board a flight to Shanghai.

On October 4, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested California real estate agent Zhang Wanying at Los Angeles International Airport, accusing her of failing to register as an agent of the Chinese government. The indictment says she received an assignment in Changsha in June 2025 from officials linked to the Ministry of State Security, and in September of the same year traveled with an accomplice to Seattle to photograph and surveil the residence of Lai Ting-yu, the son of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, passing the video and license plate information to the Chinese side.

Zhang Wanying was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on October 4 while preparing to board a flight to China, charged with acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government, suspected of surveilling the residence and family members of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's son. Prosecutors confirmed that she has become a naturalized U.S. citizen; she has not yet been convicted.

Recently, the United States has successively arrested multiple Chinese Communist Party spies and agents, including a real estate agent involved in monitoring the family members of Taiwanese political figures and a Navy service member suspected of leaking military secrets.

CCP informant Zhang Wenying was arrested and arraigned in Los Angeles, facing a potential sentence of about ten years, revocation of U.S. citizenship, and deportation.

On September 14, at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles (hosted by Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Friedberg, and David Sacks), Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who was on stage, and Huang answered on speakerphone. Trump first teased Huang for being able to build the most complex chips but failing to manage the speakerphone, then addressed the recent opposition surrounding data center construction and AI safety, calling it all a 'scam.' He accused the opponents of 'playing right into someone's hands' and hinted that the opposition might be linked to political forces or China, stating, 'We won't let that happen.' Huang replied, 'You're right, sir, we won't let that happen,' and expressed his commitment to ensuring everyone in the U.S. wins in the AI race. Trump emphasized that the U.S. must beat China in AI innovation, calling data centers 'the oil of the next 20 to 25 years.'

During the Owen Summit in Los Angeles, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang took a call from President Trump on stage and put it on speakerphone. During the call, Trump publicly stated that current criticisms regarding AI safety are a hoax.

At the protest site in Washington, young Chinese people from places like Los Angeles were interviewed, expressing their support for Falun Gong and freedom of religious belief, and stating that the Chinese Communist Party is the root of their suffering.

In early September 2026, X users posted screenshots and audio recordings from Chinese WeChat groups in Los Angeles and other areas, showing that the recruitment activity was funded by the embassy and chambers of commerce. From September 22 to 26, airfare, accommodation, and transportation were covered, with an additional $80 'labor fee' provided. Registration required submitting ID card and passport information.

On August 28, 2026, people in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and other cities across the United States held rallies simultaneously. Protesters gathered outside the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles and other locations, holding up signs urging China to enact anti-animal-abuse laws as soon as possible.

After Mr. Liu, a netizen from Liaoning, bought a flight ticket from Beijing to Los Angeles, he received a call from his local police station, which asked him about his purpose of traveling to the U.S., his flight, and information about his relatives' housing.

It is rumored that former Anta CEO Xu Yang sent a message after the flight to Los Angeles took off, celebrating that he finally fled China and reunited with his family.

Xu Yang announced via WeChat Moments that he was resigning due to his family studying abroad and relocating to Los Angeles, United States; at the time of his post, his flight had already taken off.

Anta brand CEO Xu Yang resigned for family reasons, posting on WeChat Moments at Hong Kong Airport on August 18, with the flight bound for Los Angeles, completing a relocation of his whole family.

On August 14, 2026, rallies and marches were held in Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities in the United States, where overseas residents took to the streets to protest the brutal killing of the puppy Wangwang in Jieyang, Guangdong, and called for the passage of anti-animal cruelty legislation.

Trump told reporters in Los Angeles that negotiations between the US and Iran regarding the Strait of Hormuz are progressing smoothly, and the next 48 hours are critical.

In the 2026 World Cup quarterfinals held in Los Angeles, Spain played Belgium and won 2-1, advancing to the semifinals.

Spain defeated Austria 3-0 in the World Cup knockout stage held in Los Angeles, successfully advancing to the next round.

When Cheng Li-wun delivered a speech at the Los Angeles Marriott Hotel, Chinese overseas dissidents Su Yifeng and Yue Zailin publicly questioned and protested her pro-CCP stance on the spot, and were subsequently violently ejected, gagged, and beaten by security guards and others.

Ahead of the June Fourth anniversary, the June Fourth Memorial in Los Angeles, California, was broken into and vandalized by unknown individuals. Multiple exhibits, walls, and display spaces were spray-painted, and the museum management has reported the incident to the FBI and Congress.

Ellen Wang, formerly mayor of Arcadia in Southern California, resigned as mayor and city council member on May 11, 2026 after a plea deal came to light, and formally pleaded guilty in federal court in Los Angeles on May 29, admitting to acting as an agent of the Chinese government without registering.

Jing Tian flew to Los Angeles on Justin Sun's private jet. On the eighth day of her hotel stay, she demanded $50 million before she would have her eggs retrieved, causing the surrogacy plan to be terminated.

Zhang Manying, who was instructed to fly to the western United States to stake out President Lai Ching-te's family members and report back their license plate numbers, was caught at Los Angeles airport.

U.S. federal prosecutors' charging documents state that Zhang Wanying traveled to Seattle in 2025, photographed the residence, vehicles and license plates of Lai Ching-te's family, and reported to the Chinese side via WeChat.

On September 3, 2024, The Washington Post published an investigation stating that the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles paid for food and lodging for pro-CCP “welcome crowds”, involving at least 35 overseas Chinese groups, hiring at least 60 security guards, and with at least four diplomats present.

Lu Qiang admitted to the Washington Post that he organized 20 buses, booked 400 hotel rooms, and coordinated about 800 people to participate in the welcome activities during the APEC summit in San Francisco.

Lu Qiang, a travel agency owner in Los Angeles, traveled to Beijing in September 2023 to attend the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese Congress, and subsequently organized personnel to participate in welcome activities during the APEC summit in San Francisco in November.

In April 2023, during Tsai Ing-wen's visit to Southern California, Sun Yaoning reported her whereabouts in real time to officials at the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles; the U.S. Department of Justice called him a secret agent of China, and he was later sentenced to 48 months in prison.

In April 2023, Los Angeles' Arcadia mayor Wang Ailin and her fiancé Sun Yaolin stalked Tsai Ing-wen and sent photos of supporters to CCP superiors.

In order to reveal the truth about the virus to the world, Li-Meng Yan successfully escaped Hong Kong and arrived in the United States at the end of April 2020, after which she was interviewed multiple times by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and deemed credible.

In November 2014, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association at the University of California, Los Angeles held an “If You Are the One” matchmaking event, and Zhang Wanying was listed as the fifth female guest.

A Chinese couple was arrested at Los Angeles airport while preparing to leave the country. It was found that a relative of the husband worked in a classified U.S. military department, and the couple stole military secrets by carrying them out bit by bit, stored them on disks, and had the husband's younger brother take them back to China. The two were subsequently sentenced.