China issues arrest warrants for 20 Taiwanese accused of hacking missions

Published on 05/06/2025 - 13:41 GMT+2

The Chinese authorities issued apprehension warrants for 20 Taiwanese citizens connected Thursday that it alleges carried retired hacking operations connected nan Chinese mainland connected behalf of nan island's ruling party. 

They besides banned a Taiwanese institution whose owners they described arsenic "hardcore Taiwan independency supporters." 

Chinese constabulary successful Guangzhou, a manufacturing hub successful nan southbound of nan country, said nan hacking group was led by a man named Ning Enwei. They alleged it acted nether nan guidance of Taiwan's independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).  

Authorities did not springiness immoderate specifications astir nan alleged cyber activities aliases specify nan charges against nan individuals. 

Meanwhile, China's authorities said each commercialized interaction had been stopped pinch nan Sicuenes International Company Ltd., which it alleges is led by a personnel of nan Taiwanese nationalist legislature, Puma Shen, and his businessmen father.

Beijing calls some men die-hard independency supporters. 

Websites mentioning nan institution opportunity it specialises successful sourcing bicycle parts from China. 

Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for nan Taiwan Affairs Office of nan Chinese government, said Sicuens "engages successful waste and acquisition and business practice pinch definite mainland enterprises successful pursuit of economical benefits."  

"The mainland broadside will ne'er let enterprises related to die-hard 'Taiwan independence' supporters to activity profits successful nan mainland."  

The DPP has dismissed China's accusations. 

"This is intelligibly a lawsuit of nan Chinese Communist Party fabricating a pretext to operation up trouble. When it comes to inflation, cyberattacks, cognitive warfare and grey-zone threats, nan CCP is by acold nan astir superior perpetrator," said nan DPP’s acting head of International Affairs, Michael Chen. 

"What we are seeing now is simply a textbook illustration of nan bully crying foul."  

Taiwan is simply a self-ruling land which China sees arsenic a breakaway state that must beryllium agreed pinch nan mainland, by unit if necessary.

China regularly sends subject craft and ships astir Taiwan and presently has an craft bearer southeast of nan island.   

In response, Taiwan has bulked up its ain subject and immoderate backstage individuals person opened training camps successful guerrilla warfare.