Hsiao Bi-khim (Hsiao, Vice President of Taiwan)

The second part involves doubting our own military and our capabilities and really putting us down.

promoting Chinese technologies and their military capabilities.

The third theme around their propaganda involves attacking this government.

They have refused to dialogue

diplomatically but dialogue in a civil way with the democratically elected government of Taiwan and instead chosen to sow disinformation, really attempting to not only discredit but to attack the legitimacy of this government.

Around those three themes, they have multiple tools in spreading and to try to get their message around.

in our society.

And to counter that, of course, we have many civic organizations.

The government isn't always the most trusted institution, but fortunately, we have a very robust civil society and concerned citizens who are also shouldering responsibilities and countering such disinformation.

through media literacy.

There are a lot of media literacy campaigns.

As far as our government is concerned, we also have a rapid response requirement.

Whenever there is disinformation related to the government or our services, we have to demand a very quick response.

Some of that involves even, you know, supply chains in our country, the prices of availability of eggs or vaccines or other issues.

And, you know, we just need to set the record straight.

And so having mechanisms in which we can quickly respond to such disinformation, but also educating and empowering our citizens to be much more...

critical of the propaganda they see at face value and to be much more literate in analyzing and dissecting information.

I think all of that is also very important and ongoing.

For utilizing it or for countering?

Well, they are taking advantage of our very open and free media environment.