China says it is verifying email tips about Taiwan 'separatist' activity

11/9/2024 13:37

        China's government said on Wednesday it will carefully review email tips it has received about Taiwan "separatist" activity, adding that "good people" have nothing to worry about.
        
        China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, over the strident objections of the government in Taipei.
        
        Beijing has been stepping up its campaign against those it accuses of being "separatists", including in June threatening to execute "diehard separatists", and in August announced an email address where people could report tips about the crimes committed by such people.
        
        Asked at a routine news conference in Beijing how the new email system was working, Chen Binhua, spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, reiterated that their measures targeted only a very small minority.
        
        He said, "After the establishment of the mailbox for reporting diehard Taiwan independence elements, people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits have responded with practical actions."
        
        Chen added, this is a reflection of the "common aspirations" of people on either side of the strait.