California woman indicted on charges that she was spying for China

A California woman who prosecutors allege was spying on a son of Taiwan’s president was indicted earlier this month on charges of conspiracy and being an unregistered foreign agent for China. The indictment was filed Oct. 9 in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and the allegations it lays out mirror an earlier criminal complaint against Wanying Zhang, 34, of Irvine, California. Prosecutors say Zhang, who also goes by Heather, spied on a son of Taiwan’s president outside his home in the Seattle area at the behest of Chinese officials. The alleged spying took place between roughly…