China 'appears to have calculated that it can more aggressively pursue its interests via information manipulation,' a new State Department report says.
By Olivia GazisChina's government is investing"unprecedented resources" in a range of disinformation, surveillance and censorship tactics it uses in efforts to shape international narratives in its favor among foreign audiences around the world, a new "As the [People's Republic of China] has grown more confident in its power, it appears to have calculated that it can more aggressively pursue its interests via information manipulation," the It warned that some of the...
Chinese state media"routinely amplified" pro-Kremlin or anti-NATO propaganda in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including boosting Moscow's claims there were secret biological weapons facilities funded by the United States on Ukraine's territory, according to the report. One example included in the report noted the Beijing"heavily amplified" its own messaging about the military and economic responses it took to protest former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in August of last year, while suppressing statements that were critical of the Chinese government's reaction.
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