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After sanctions, made-in-China fake news engulfs Taiwan as ties turn sour

Beijing has suspended diplomatic contact with Taiwan, imposed economic sanctions, forced other countries to cut ties with Taiwan and has bolstered its military presence in the Taiwan Strait

Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan
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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. <b>Photo: Reuters</b>

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Since 2016, when Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was elected as Taiwan's president after the pro-independent Sunflower Movement, waves of disinformation have engulfed traditional and social media platforms in Taiwan — and much of it can be traced back to China.

Taiwan has been ruled independently for decades, and Tsai decided to reject the “One China, different interpretation”, an agreement signed in 1992 between the former ruling Kuomingtang and Beijing that helped improve the strained relationship between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China.

Since Tsai's decision, that relationship has taken a turn for the worse. Beijing has suspended

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