Four ex-staff of Taiwan's ruling party charged with spying for China

Taiwan prosecutors have charged four former staffers in the ruling Democratic Progressive party with spying for China while they worked in senior positions. The four include a former aide to Lai Ching-te, when he was vice-president and for a time during his current presidency, and a senior staffer to Joseph Wu, then foreign minister and now national security chief. They have been accused of sharing state secrets with China over a prolonged period of time, including "important and sensitive diplomatic information" that significantly harmed national security, prosecutors alleged in a statement. One of the accused, who worked for Lai and…