For more than 20 years, Xie Xizhang presented himself as a Hong Kong businessman on visits to Taiwan. He now stands accused of having another mission: recruiting spies for China.
A Reuters special report says Taiwan's spycatchers are battling a campaign that has compromised senior officers at the heart of Taiwan's armed forces and government agencies
China has mounted a broader campaign to undermine Taiwan s military and civilian leadership, corrode its will to fight, extract details of high-tech weapons and gain insights into defence planning, according to senior retired Taiwanese military officers and current counter-espionage agents, as well as former U.S. military and intelligence officers with experience in Taiwan.