China issues warrants for Taiwanese hackers, bans pro-independence-linked businesses

China issued warrants on Thursday for 20 Taiwanese people it said carried out hacking missions in the Chinese mainland on behalf of the island's ruling party, while separately banning dealings with a Taiwanese company whose owners mainland authorities called "hardcore Taiwan independence supporters".

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Police in the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou said they were led by a man named Ning Enwei on behalf of Taiwan's independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party but did not identify their alleged crimes.

Meanwhile, China's government said all commercial contact had been banned with the Sicuens International Company Ltd., which it says are led by member of the national legislature Puma Shen and his businessman father, calling the two men die-hard independence supporters.

Websites mentioning Sicuens say it specializes in sourcing bicycle parts from China.