The cases underscore US concerns about Chinese programs that recruit scientists with access to cutting-edge technology to steal the work of American academics.
Australian authorities have urgently briefed their Taiwanese counterparts on a suspected plot to bribe and coerce a self-confessed Chinese intelligence operative seeking asylum in Australia.
The man who created a firestorm of controversy when he claimed to be a defecting spy has allegedly been threatened and offered inducements to retract his story ahead of the crucial Taiwanese election.
Brighsun donated $105,000 to the Liberal Party. Seven months later its CEO was collecting a bag of cash in a car park from a drug trafficker.
Officials are watching how Australia deals with defector Wang Liqiang,with others weighing up whether to follow his path,an analyst says.
Nick Zhao,who reported the inducement to ASIO and was later found dead,attended a local Liberal meeting at Gladys Liu's house.
In debt and facing serious criminal charges,Nick Zhao was not the ideal political candidate. But that did not stop a suspected Chinese spy from putting a proposal to him.
A Chinese nationalist newspaper has published a video purporting to show the fraud sentencing of a man claiming to be a spy who wants to defect to Australia.
Occasional Melbourne resident Brian Chen,who allegedly offered $1 million to plant a spy in Parliament,is business partners with China's main defence company.
Australia's flagship foreign interference scheme has issued only one notice to a potential agent of influence,despite sending out more than 1500 letters.
Beijing will seek to get away with whatever it can in pursuit of what it considers to be in its own interests.