Disinformation about Ukrainian “Nazism” is widely disseminated in Chinese state media and through networks of state social media accounts that target China itself, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora around the world. This is facilitated by close ties and official agreements between Chinese and Russian state media, as well as Beijing’s strict control over information on the Internet.Kateryzhina Prokhazkova, an expert at the Prague-based Sinopsis analytical center examines how Russia infiltrated and transferred malicious and false news over the course of several years into Chinese state discourse.
Russian disinformation narratives about “Ukrainian Nazism” and foreign influence are widely disseminated in China’s state-run media and through state-sponsored social media networks that target China itself, Taiwan and the Chinese-speaking diaspora.
This is facilitated by the close ties and official agreements between the Chinese and Russian media, as well as Beijing’s strict control over the Internet and social media.