China has 'very diverse' ways of interfering in Taiwan's elections in January, from military pressure to spreading fake news, including manipulating opinion polls, a senior Taiwanese security official said on Wednesday.
TAIPEI, Oct 4 - China has "very diverse" ways of interfering in Taiwan's elections in January, from military pressure to spreading fake news, including manipulating opinion polls, a senior Taiwanese security official said on Wednesday.
China can use military pressure, economic coercion or fake news to create a false choice between "war or peace" in the election, seeking to frighten voters, Tsai said. Taiwan Vice President William Lai of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which champions the island's separate identity from China, is the favourite to be the next president, according to opinion polls.
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