Virginia Resident Feels Beijing’s Unfriendly Attention

Angela Wang does a Falun Gong meditative exercise in her backyard in Fairfax, Va. on Oct. 22, 2018. Courtesy of Angela Wang

WASHINGTON—Many in the United States may have recently heard about the “influence operations” and spying by the Chinese communist regime in America and other countries. Angela Wang, a 69-year-old resident of Virginia, has not only heard about these, but also experienced them firsthand.

Wang migrated to the United States from Tianjin City in China in 1998, after she met and married an American citizen. When she came to the United States, she had been on long-term sickness leave from her job due to her poor health.