DESTABILIZATION: A PTT post claiming Honduras would sever ties with Taiwan was traced to a disinformation mill apparently being sponsored by the Chinese government
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 18, 2018
By: Su Yung-yao and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Beijing has established a government agency charged with disseminating disinformation
President Tsai Ing-wen, right, waves Republic of China flags at Double Ten National Day ceremony in front of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei on Wednesday last week. Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
in Taiwan for the purposes of influencing public morale and causing rifts within society, a source at a national security agency has said.
The confirmation came after President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) Double Ten National Day speech in which she described the need for alertness in the face of widespread disinformation.
China’s use of “fake” news has also been recognized by Japanese media, including the Sankei Shimbun, the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Asahi Shimbun.
The newspapers all described as fake news Chinese reports of buses dispatched by the Chinese consulate in Osaka to pick up passengers stranded at Kansai International Airport following Typhoon Jebi early last month. [FULL STORY]
