Taiwan Voters Face Flood Of Pro-China Disinformation

There has been a wave of online misinformation in Taiwan aimed at the DPP's presidential candidate Lai Ching-te and his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim (Credit: AFP)

From deepfakes to breathless TikTok videos, a wave of disinformation has hit Taiwan's voters ahead of Saturday's presidential election, aimed overwhelmingly at candidates China opposes.

Experts and Taiwanese officials say this campaign is linked to Beijing, which has made no secret of its disapproval of frontrunner Lai Ching-te, whose Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rejects the Chinese claim that Taiwan is its territory.