Taiwan has responded to China's threat earlier this week to punish "diehard Taiwanese separatists" with the death penalty, calling it regrettable and detrimental to cross-strait relations.
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00:00Taiwan says a threat by China to execute what it calls separatists is quote
00:05regrettable and detrimental to cross-strait exchanges. Early this week
00:10China's Taiwan Affairs Office said that it would impose the death penalty in
00:14cases against diehard Taiwanese separatists. China sees Taiwan as part of
00:19its territory and does not like any suggestion of the two sides being
00:23separate. Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council which oversees relations with
00:28China said in a statement that Beijing has no authority over Taiwan but it
00:32warned at Taiwanese people living in China to exercise caution.