China: It will take countermeasures to new Taiwan intelligence gathering site

China said on Wednesday that it will take countermeasures in response to a new Taiwan government website for Chinese nationals to report intelligence tips, saying the site exposed Taipei's "confrontational mindset".



Taiwan and China, which views the democratically governed island as its own territory, have long spied on each other, and Taiwan in particular has reported an increased number of Chinese espionage cases.



Taiwan's National Security Bureau unveiled the new website on Sunday, explaining it was offering a secure channel to what it said was an increasing number of people who are fed up with China's system and want change.



Speaking at a regular news conference in Beijing, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, said Taiwan was engaging in "intelligence theft, infiltration, and sabotage activities, escalating cross-strait confrontation and undermining cross-strait relations.



"This fully exposes their pro–Taiwan independence stance, their stubbornness, confrontational mindset, and refusal to change course," he said.