News about Taiwanese spying for China has surfaced recently, this time in a case of industrial espionage involving local flat-panel maker AU Optronics (AUO). As President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) promote ever-closer business and trade relations across the Taiwan Strait, the nation needs to seriously consider the threat of Beijing’s interference in and potential influence upon Taiwanese companies doing business in China, and even upon firms operating in Taiwan.