"Chinese authorities have placed bounties on 18 Taiwanese military personnel accused of conducting psychological operations and spreading messages Beijing considers separatist. Police in the coastal city of Xiamen announced the rewards on Saturday, offering up to $1,400 for information leading to the arrest of officers they described as core members of Taiwan's psychological warfare division. list of 3 itemsend of list The move came one day after Taiwan's President William Lai Ching-te pledged to bolster the island's defences with a new air protection system and increased military spending."
"Authorities published photographs, names and identification numbers of the individuals, claiming they operated websites for disinformation campaigns, created online games promoting independence and produced misleading video content. Xiamen's public security bureau, the local police authority in the Chinese coastal city, said the officers had long plotted to incite what it called separatist activities. Taiwan's Defence Ministry rejected the accusations as despotic and pig-headed thinking of the Chinese government, aimed at dividing the population and conducting cognitive warfare."
Beijing announced rewards for information leading to the arrest of 18 Taiwanese military personnel accused of running psychological operations and promoting separatist messaging. Xiamen police publicised photographs, names and identification numbers, alleging the officers operated disinformation websites, developed pro-independence online games and produced misleading videos. Taiwan's president vowed a new T‑Dome air defence system and increased military spending. Taiwan's Defence Ministry dismissed Beijing's accusations as despotic and cognitive warfare. Chinese officials and state-aligned media condemned the Taiwanese leadership, portraying the defence plans as provocative or an expensive illusion for residents to bear.
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