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Taiwan says China has 'very diverse' ways of interfering in election
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TAIPEI, Oct 4 (Reuters) - China has “very diverse” ways of interfering in Taiwan’s elections in January, from military pressure to spreading fake news, including manipulating opinion polls, a senior Taiwanese security official said on Wednesday.
Ahead of elections, Taiwan routinely flags the risk of interference from Beijing, which claims the democratically governed island as its own, saying China seeks to sway the outcome to candidates who may be more favourable toward the country.
“The way the Chinese Communists interfere in elections is very diversified,” Taiwan National Security Bureau Director-General Tsai Ming-yen told lawmakers during a parliamentary committee session.
China can use military pressure, economic coercion or fake news to create a false choice between “war or peace” in the election, seeking to frighten voters, Tsai said.
But more aircraft and ships were involved this time and there were more practice firings by the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), which oversees China’s conventional and nuclear missiles, he added.
That might be related to Chinese President Xi Jinping seeking to exert his control over the PLARF, Tsai said, a branch of China’s military that has come under focus after its two most senior leaders were suddenly replaced at the end of July with outside commanders.
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