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Washington DC (UPI) Jan 13, 2024 - Taiwans Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate from the incumbent Democratic Progressive Party, won a landslide victory on Saturday as the island of 23 million sent a powerful message to China in a high-stakes election with global consequences.

Beijing is deploying proxies and misinformation—and Taipei is fighting back.

Swarms of disinformation accounts on the Chinese-run app—which is huge in Taiwan—are attacking the election frontrunner who is hostile to Beijing.

Rest of World News: China views Taiwan as a part of its territory, asserting the right to unify it by force if necessary. The election is closely contested, with China an

Potentially the most disruptive force this time round is election interference with major concerns about the amount of disinformation flooding Taiwanese social media.

China uses fabricated polls and outlandish claims on social media to bolster its camp in Taiwan’s election.

Disinformation is exacerbating political polarization and mistrust amid a tight presidential race in Taiwan, where tension with China is running high.

Disinformation is exacerbating political polarization and mistrust amid a tight presidential race in Taiwan, where tension with China is running high.

Taiwan’s new government must empower civil society to visit Ukraine and learn vital lessons