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Helen Davidson and Chi-hui Lin in Taipei

From China with love: coastguard’s ‘creepy’ message to Taiwan during military drills

A satellite image of Taiwan’s main island, and a line of arrows tracking around it in the shape of a heart, with Chinese script either side
The image came from China’s coastguard, which ran what it called ‘law enforcement patrols’ around Taiwan during Monday’s drills. Photograph: Chinese Coast Guard

A Chinese propaganda image dispersed during Monday’s military drills around Taiwan was supposed to send a positive message to the island’s people, but instead has been decried as weird, creepy, and akin to “sexual harassment”.

On Monday China targeted Taiwan with major military exercises, surrounding its main island and outer territories with planes and ships to practise a blockade and attack. Alongside a record number of warplanes, dozens of navy and coastguard vessels, and cyber-attacks, China also launched a torrent of propaganda.

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