CHINA-TAIWAN: CHINA ACCUSES TAIWAN OF ESPIONAGE OPERATIONS AGAINST IT
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The CCP-owned Global Times on October 11 -- the day after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's National Day speech -- introduced the first of is 3-part expose on Taiwan's espionage activities in China with an editorial comment. This said that "Taiwan separatist forces have frequently conducted espionage activities against the Chinese mainland within and outside China’s territory in recent years, attempting to disrupt cross-Straits exchanges and resist the reunification of China" and that to crack down on such moves, China's Ministry of State Security launched Operation “Thunder—2020” to uncover "hundreds of cases conducted by Taiwan separatists, including sponsoring Hong Kong separatists, spying, and instigating troubles in diplomatic ties between the People’s Republic of China and other countries". It announced that the Global Times will run a special three-part coverage on the major cases.
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