Several government officials, including a ranking Philippines Coast Guard officer and a media organization, have become the latest targets of China’s aggressive assertions against those critical of their actions in the South China Sea. <br /><br />In this episode of #CorrespondentsOnTaiwanPlus, host Andrew Ryan speaks to Summer Chen, founder of Taiwan-based initiative FactLink, and Regine Cabato, a contributor at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), to discuss China’s information war in the region and how journalists can fight back. <br /><br />00:00 – Intro <br />01:30 – Chinese Embassy targets media in Manila row <br />04:20 – Cabato: ‘Scary’ to be on China embassy radar <br />05:42 – Taiwan fact-checkers on alert for disinformation <br />06:32 – Pro-Duterte influencers get Beijing training <br />08:17 – Chen cautions against labeling influencers <br />10:05 – Is influencer diplomacy being weaponized? <br /><br />Watch this episode of Correspondents, where we go beyond the headlines with experts and journalists in Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific region. <br /><br />Subscribe to the Correspondents’ playlist to get the latest episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu5MSnfNvpMblbCiclMnXoDkaofTae5NI&si=MZMhmXgCF-LF01Ee <br /><br />#TaiwanPlus #TaiwanPlusNews #TaiwanNews #CorrespondentsOnTaiwanPlus #journalists #PCIJ #FactLink #propaganda #InfluenceOperations #influencers #vloggers #Pro-Duterte #Beijing #InfluencerDiplomacy #ChineseEmbassy #Philippines #Japan #Taiwan #China <br />-<br /><br />TaiwanPlus｜https://www.taiwanplus.com<br />TaiwanPlus presents the country’s unique voice on not only local issues but also world events.<br /><br />Connect with TaiwanPlus<br />» Watch shows made by TaiwanPlus https://www.youtube.com/@TaiwanPlus <br />» Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taiwanplusnews <br />» Tweet us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/taiwanplusnews<br />» Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taiwanplus
