Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores the Li Bai restaurant, where talk related to the nationalist island's geostrategic tensions can be overheard.
Tucked away in the Shangri-La hotel in Taipei's Da'an district is the small Li Bai lounge, named after the famous Tang dynasty Chinese poet. This intimate space is increasingly becoming a hub for conversations about geopolitical tensions between China, Taiwan and the US.
That is because the Li Bai, housed on the hotel's sixth floor, high above the prying eyes of passers-by, is popular among senior officials of the Kuomintang (KMT), the Taiwanese opposition movement traditionally closer aligned with
