Ministry working to fight Chinese cognitive warfareALREADY COVERED: All scenarios in a Reuters report on a possible Chinese attack have already been discussed by the defense ministry and Pentagon officials, an analyst saidBy Wu Su-wei and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAThe Ministry of National Defense yesterday said that it is combating Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cognitive warfare efforts against Taiwan. The ministry said it has submitted guidelines to the Legislative Yuan to define cognitive warfare efforts by foreign powers and to outline the military’s actions to combat it. Photo: EPA-EFE / the Ministry of National DefenseThe CCP engages in cognitive warfare with Taiwan through the use of propaganda, fake social media accounts, content farms and Taiwanese collaborators, it said. The possible scenarios regarding a Chinese attack discussed in the report have all been previously discussed between the ministry and US officials at the Pentagon, he said. “Taiwan should also play to its strengths in information technology, and invest more in its electronic warfare capabilities,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times November 07, 2021 17:31 UTC