How the CCP Mobilized a Cross-Border Disinformation Campaign Against the Czech Senate Speaker
Publication: China Brief Volume: 21 Issue: 7
April 12, 2021 01:05 PM
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Image: Chinese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Zhang Jianmin gives a talk in September 2018. Chinese diplomats, local partners, and high-level events such as trade conferences all play a role in building positive propaganda narratives (Image source: Global Times).
Introduction: Propaganda and Disinformation
Recent events in the Czech Republic (CR) offer an interesting case study in Chinese propaganda and disinformation. For the purpose of this article, the distinction between propaganda and disinformation is understood to be the following: Propaganda creates a strategic, mostly positive “grand” narrative that promotes a general agenda, designed to win people over. For the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), propaganda typically pushes sweeping claims that can include the historical role of the Party in l
Monday, 08 Feb 2021 01:42 PM MYT
BY ASHMAN ADAM
Lawyer Roger Chin said the police owed an explanation over the incident and must conduct an independent investigation, which he said Lim Xiang Hui would assist. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 Plainclothes police officers assaulted a 21-year-old man and fired a warning shot at him before arresting him on suspicion of being a lookout for a smuggling syndicate, a lawyer and lawmaker alleged today.
In a press conference, lawyer Roger Chin, Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah, and Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) executive director Sevan Doraisamy claimed that Lim Xiang Hui was a victim of mistaken identity.
Suspected of tonto links, youth claims cops beat him repeatedly
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Lim Xiang Hui, 20, claims that plainclothes police officers assaulted him repeatedly in the wee hours of the morning on Jan 24 in Rompin, Pahang. My eyes, legs, back, and head were swollen due to the incident, read his police report, sighted by
Malaysiakini.