Inside China’s Propaganda Campaign Targeting the Philippines | Correspondents
Several government officials, including a ranking Philippines Coast Guard officer and a media organization, have become the latest targets of China’s aggressive assertions against those critical of their actions in the South China Sea. In this episode of #CorrespondentsOnTaiwanPlus, host Andrew Ryan speaks to Summer Chen, founder of Taiwan-based initiative FactLink, and Regine Cabato, a contributor at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), to discuss China’s information war in the region and how journalists can fight back. 00:00 – Intro 01:30 – Chinese Embassy targets media in Manila row 04:20 – Cabato: ‘Scary’ to be on China embassy radar 05:42 – Taiwan fact-checkers on alert for disinformation 06:32 – Pro-Duterte influencers get Beijing training 08:17 – Chen cautions against labeling influencers 10:05 – Is influencer diplomacy being weaponized? Watch this episode of Correspondents, where we go beyond the headlines with experts and journalists in Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific region. Subscribe to the Correspondents’ playlist to get the latest episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu5MSnfNvpMblbCiclMnXoDkaofTae5NI&si=MZMhmXgCF-LF01Ee #TaiwanPlus #TaiwanPlusNews #TaiwanNews #CorrespondentsOnTaiwanPlus #journalists #PCIJ #FactLink #propaganda #InfluenceOperations #influencers #vloggers #Pro-Duterte #Beijing #InfluencerDiplomacy #ChineseEmbassy #Philippines #Japan #Taiwan #China - TaiwanPlus｜https://www.taiwanplus.com TaiwanPlus presents the country’s unique voice on not only local issues but also world events. Connect with TaiwanPlus » Watch shows made by TaiwanPlus https://www.youtube.com/@TaiwanPlus » Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taiwanplusnews » Tweet us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/taiwanplusnews » Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taiwanplus
