Involved in a passport-for-passport surveillance case that reverberates across US-Taiwan ties; current role and background to be clarified from official sources.
Wanying Zhang has been arrested in Los Angeles on charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for China. She surveilled the Taiwanese president’s son and family in 2025, sending photos and license-plate data to Chinese officials. Taiwan condemns the actions as transnational repression, while the US pursues the case in federal court.