Beijing Running Propaganda on Facebook to Advance Agenda on Taiwan: Leaked Documents


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Facebook has become the latest platform for the Chinese regime to amplify its propaganda that Taiwan belongs to China, leaked documents obtained by The Epoch Times show. Beijing claims the self-ruled island as part of its territory despite Taiwan having its own military, democratically-elected government, and currency. Researchers and Taiwanese authorities have previously highlighted indirect attempts at swaying Taiwan voters to elect pro-Beijing political candidates into office—including by spreading disinformation on Facebook—efforts that align with Beijing’s goals of convincing Taiwanese people to accept unification with the mainland. But the endeavors were difficult to trace directly to the regime. The documents...