Description
The Foreign Ministry of China accused journalists of being "troublemakers" and manipulating videos to "project the Philippines as a victim" in the ongoing maritime dispute in the West Philippine Sea.
On March 26, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying posted on X (formerly Twitter), a series of questions and answers about the China-Philippines dispute.
Answering the question “Who is the troublemaker?”, Hua accused the Philippines of bringing journalists with them during resupply missions, and “had them manipulate the videos they recorded to make sensational news and project the Philippines as a victim”.
Information
Do they work as freelance or media?
No
Position in media
Status of journalists
Gender
Data not collected
Country
NCR – National Capital Region
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
The Foreign Ministry of China in the Philippines
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Gender
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Type of incident
Disinformation/discredit (including deep fakes)
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