BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- 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."
