China has launched a Twitter offensive in the COVID-19 information war, more than doubling its number of official government tweets since January.
"Obnoxious and childish as this is, it should be noted that such Chinese statements have generally mirrored earlier American statements. Rhetorically, China is counterpunching — not throwing the first blow," said Robert Daly, director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Wilson Center, a Washington think tank.
An Army spokesperson called the Fort Detrick conspiracy theory"false" and said,"The work at Fort Detrick supports the whole-of-government effort to combat COVID-19 and other viruses."The Fort Detrick conspiracy theory is just one example of the new, aggressive way China is fighting the COVID-19 propaganda war.
Laboratory scientist Andrea Luquette cultures coronavirus to prepare for testing at U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick, Md., on March 19, 2020.China previously focused on amplifying positive messaging around China and censoring damaging and critical information, but now the Chinese have learned from Russian disinformation campaigns, according to experts tracking both countries' online messaging.
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