State Department Spokesperson Calls Out Beijing’s False Propaganda on Taiwan

State Department Spokesperson Calls Out Beijing’s False Propaganda on Taiwan
U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus speaks during a media briefing at the State Department in Washington on June 10, 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Frank Fang
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus on Jan. 10 called out the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s false propaganda.

On Twitter, Ortagus responded to an editorial article published by Chinese hawkish state-run media Global Times, where it threatened that if Pompeo were to “dare” visit Taiwan before the end of his tenure as U.S. Secretary of State, Chinese military jets would “fly over” the self-ruled island in a move to declare Beijing’s sovereignty over the island.

Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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