KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — The story had the makings of a spy thriller: Agents working for China, embedded as officials in Taiwan’s government, allegedly passed on details of Lai Ching-te’s domestic and overseas itinerary during his successful presidential campaign.
“His arrival at the airport, the hotel he stayed in and the floor of his room were all fully known to the other side of the Taiwan Strait,” according to an investigation by local magazine Mirror Media. “If someone wanted to ambush and attack him, Lai would be in great danger.”
