Chinese police issue bounties on Taiwanese influencers

Chinese police issue bounties on Taiwanese influencers

Chinese police on Thursday offered bounties of up to $35,000 for help arresting Taiwanese influencers Wen Tzu-yu and Chen Po-yuan on allegations that the pair disseminated "anti-China" content online.

The two men "acted as enforcers and accomplices" of Taiwan independence and caused a "severely negative impact", the police statement said, urging the public to provide information on them.

Beijing considers Taiwan part of its own territory and has not ruled out using force to bring the island under its control.

However, authorities in Taiwan criticised the reward offers as being "just for show" as Beijing does not exercise effective jurisdiction over the self-ruled democratic island.

Chinese authorities did not specify which content