China lists Taiwanese independence supporters it wants people to denounce

Taiwan’s vice-president, Hsiao Bi-khim, is on Beijing’s list of people who don’t want their country to be annexed by China. Photograph: Chiang Ying-ying/AP

China’s government has called for people to denounce “diehard secessionists” and give information about their “criminal activities” as it intensifies its legal and rhetorical intimidation of Taiwan.

The Taiwan affairs office and ministry of public security this week launched new webpages with lists of 10 current and former officials in Taiwan who have been named as “diehard” separatists.