00:00Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council is warning people against working with the Chinese government.
00:06That's after Beijing said it received tens of thousands of emails reporting, quote,
00:10acts of Taiwanese independence.
00:30In March, China's Taiwan Affairs Office set up an email hotline for reporting what it calls Taiwanese independence activities.
00:42Beijing claims Taiwan as its own and considers such activities illegal.
00:47It's part of mounting efforts by China to intimidate Taiwanese citizens.
00:50Earlier this month, it issued bounties for two Taiwanese influencers
00:54and opened an investigation into a Taiwanese lawmaker for, quote, separatism.
00:58Taiwan's foreign ministry also responded to China's most recent statement,
01:02saying Beijing has no jurisdiction over the people of Taiwan.
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