Woman Monitoring Epoch Times Newspaper Box in LA Said She Was Tasked by Chinese Consulate, Witness Says

A local Chinese-language Epoch Times newspaper vending box outside the post office on Wheeler Ave. in Arcadia, Calif. The Epoch Times

A young woman was collecting data at a local Chinese-language Epoch Times newspaper vending box in Los Angeles County, California, on April 12, claiming that it was being done at the direction of the “Chinese consulate,” a witness reported.

The witness, surnamed Xue, immigrated to the United States over 30 years ago and lives in Arcadia, a Los Angeles city with a large Chinese immigrant population. She has been reading the paper for 10 years.