California Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Head of China-Controlled US Newspaper

Crime scene tape is seen outside of the U.S.-based Chinese-language newspaper China Press' office after a shooting death in Alhambra, Calif., on Nov. 16, 2018. Linda Jiang/The Epoch Times

A man accused of shooting and killing his boss at a U.S.-based, Chinese-language newspaper’s office in Alhambra, California, in 2018 pleaded guilty on March 27.

Zhong Qi Chen, 63, who confessed to the murder of Yining Xie, founder and chairman of China Press—or Qiao Bao in Chinese—will face a combined maximum sentence of 21 years in state prison for involuntary manslaughter and the intentional use of a firearm.