Media Watch: online users target Taiwan with rumors about its military

On March 13, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te called for a tougher response to Beijing, describing China as a “foreign hostile force” intent on “absorbing” the democratic island – the toughest rhetoric yet toward Beijing from a Taiwanese leader.

In response, Chinese officials called Lai a “destroyer of cross-Straits peace” and a “creator of the crisis in the Taiwan Straits.”

The heated exchange continued online, with some Chinese-speaking social media users spreading rumors about Taiwan’s military.

Below is what AFCL found.

Conscription orders, military court

A former journalist at China’s state-run CCTV, Rui Chenggang, claimed to have received conscription orders from Taiwan’s government in a X , Instagram and X.

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