October 06, 2022
No Way Back
Putin’s illegal annexations announcement speech took us on a mind-bending ride into an alternative reality and his followers off the cliff with him.
China
This section of the EUvsDisinfo website features content about China’s information manipulation activities in the global information environment, including guest articles by researchers from civil society and academia.
China’s information manipulation and interference is diverse and comprises various tactics, including those of a coercive nature. These tactics include spreading conspiracy narratives, carrying out disinformation activities on social media platforms and suppressing critical voices globally, also by intimidation and harassment.
The pandemic and Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine have provided further evidence of China’s information manipulation, but also of its alignment with Russia in the information environment – Chinese state-controlled media and official social media channels having provided a platform for sanctioned Russian channels and amplified selected pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives.
25 articles
October 05, 2022
Nord Stream 1 & 2 sabotage - disinformation a la MH-17?
While official investigations are underway, the slinging of disinformation on who is to blame is picking up speed with Kremlin accusations in all directions. Patterns are reminiscent of the Kremlin disinformation seeking to shift responsibility for the downing of Malaysian airliner MH-17.
September 02, 2022
The Chinese Communist Party’s information operations to shape international perception of its regime in Xinjiang
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) views the information environment as a mechanism for reshaping the geopolitical landscape in ways conducive to the party-state’s projection of political power.
July 11, 2022
The Nazification of Ukraine in the Chinese Information Space
Analysis from Doublethink Lab, a Taiwan-based civil society organisation devoted to researching malign Chinese influence and information operations, as well as disinformation campaigns.
July 01, 2022
What to expect from Russia on the information war front?
The Kremlin tried to fill the information space with lies and information garbage in the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And it worked at first. However, Ukrainian governmental and non-governmental centres of communication quickly got their act together on informing the public and resisting Russian…
July 01, 2022
Disinformation Fuelling Food Insecurity
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is destabilising global food markets, while Russian disinformation is exacerbating tensions in a bid to deflect blame and undermine global support for Ukraine.
April 08, 2022
“Biological weapons are banned; biological research is not”
Dr. Jean-Pascal Zanders, founder of The Trench and an independent expert on disarmament questions tells about the crucial differences between legitimate biological research and the development of biological weapons and why Russia is spreading disinformation about biological research in Ukraine
April 04, 2022
China’s balancing act on the Ukraine war
Chinese media and officials have made it clear: it is not Russia that is to blame for the military aggression against Ukraine, but the West and NATO’s eastward expansion of the past 20 years, ignoring Russia’s ‘legitimate security concerns’.
March 10, 2022
Weapons of Mass Delusion
Disinformation concerning the alleged planning of nuclear attacks or the use of bioweapons dominate the narratives of pro-Kremlin outlets and Chinese state media.
January 24, 2022
Disinformation About the Current Russia-Ukraine Conflict – Seven Myths Debunked
From illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and ongoing military aggression against Ukraine, the Kremlin has waged a sustained disinformation campaign targeting the Russian population, Russia’s neighbour countries, the EU and beyond. We debunked 7 of the most prevalent and dangerous myths -- and often outright lies -- related to Ukraine.
