All activities aimed at harming the Chinese mainland will be
punished, said a Chinese mainland official in Beijing on Wednesday,
in response to a question from a Taiwanese journalist about the
alleged detention of a Taiwanese person by the Chinese mainland
authorities on Internet spy charges.
Spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council Yang
Yi said Taiwan's intelligence agencies have been spying on mainland
China on a large scale through the Internet over the past few
years, which "has resulted in serious consequences."
He said "any activities which have caused damage to the Chinese
mainland will be investigated and punished by law."
(Xinhua News Agency October 31, 2007)