TAIPEI, Taiwan—A Chinese spy pretended to be an Epoch Times reporter in a scheme to recruit military officers and gain national security intelligence in Taiwan, prosecutors say.
The woman, an intelligence officer in the Chinese armed police stationed in northern Chinese province Shanxi, had claimed to be a reporter for the Hong Kong bureau of The Epoch Times, according to Taiwan prosecutors.
The bureau chief said that the spy had leveraged widespread trust built up by the Epoch Times in Taiwan.
The revelation comes amid growing interference from pro-Beijing actors who have also previously used impersonation tactics to sully the reputation of the publication….