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The public security bureau in the Chinese city of Guangzhou has put up an undisclosed bounty for more than 20 people it suspects carried out cyber attacks in China, the official news agency Xinhua said on Thursday.

The authorities said the hackers were linked to the Taiwan government and named one of them as Ning Enwei. There was no information on the size of the bounty in Chinese state media.

Chinese authorities accused Taiwan of organising, planning and premeditating attacks on key sectors such as military, aerospace, government departments, energy and transportation, maritime affairs, science and technology research firms in China as well as in special administration regions Hong Kong and Macau, Xinhua said.

Taiwan's government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Xinhua, citing a cybersecurity report, said the Taiwan "information, communication and digital army" has cooperated with U.S. anti-Chinese forces to conduct public opinion and cognitive warfare against China, secretly instigate revolution and attempt to disrupt public order in China.

Last week authorities in Guangzhou, capital of the southern Guangdong province, attributed a cyberattack on an unnamed technology company to the Taiwan government, saying Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supported the "overseas hacker organisation" responsible.

The accusation prompted Taiwan to blame China for peddling false information, saying it was China who was carrying out hacking against the island.

Chinese courts and legal bodies have no jurisdiction in separately governed Taiwan, whose government has repeatedly complained a

Chinese authorities issue bounty for hackers said linked to Taiwan