Xinhua News Agency reports that on June 5, mainland China launched two major countermeasures targeting “Taiwan independence” separatist forces:
The first one was that the public security authorities issued a wanted notice for 20 major criminal suspects of Taiwan’s “Information and Electronic Warfare Command,” including Ning Enwei, offering rewards for their capture. It said that this organization has carried out cyberattacks and infiltration operations against mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao, stolen sensitive data and critical intelligence on a large scale, and collaborated with anti-China forces in the U.S. and the West to conduct public opinion and cognitive warfare against the mainland to incite “color revolutions.”
The second one was that mainland announced sanctions against Taiwan-based company Sicuens International Co Ltd, as a punishment for “hardline Taiwan independence” figure Shen Boyang. Beijing said Shen has been organizing and systematically engaging in separatist activities, aggressively promoting “Taiwan independence” ideology and anti-mainland sentiment, especially targeting Taiwanese youth. The sanction is against the company which Shen’s father, Shen Tucheng, serves as a key executive. The company has been involved in trade and business partnerships with some mainland companies.
The younger Shen is a legislator from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan and has now been sanctioned by Beijing for the third time within a year. Shen believes the sanctions are in response to his recent legislative efforts related to national security, including a bill requiring lawmakers to report visits to China and another imposing penalties for pro-unification activities. He is also a key advocate of Taiwan’s Great Recall (大罢免) campaign in Taiwan, a rising political movement in which citizens mobilize to recall underperforming or allegedly pro-Beijing members of parliament mainly from the Kuomintang party.
Sources:
1. Xinhua, June 6, 2025
http://www.xinhuanet.com/mrdx/20250606/0509b2d5300540ed9b51db7303d10dc3/c.html
2. Epoch Times, June 6, 2025
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/25/6/6/n14526295.htm