The Chinese regime is leveraging propaganda about President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis to manipulate public perceptions ahead of the presidential election, said Retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Robert Spalding in a recent interview with The Epoch Times’ American Thought Leaders ?? host Jan Jekielek.
Spalding also explained Beijing’s tactics to interfere in U.S. politics, and his analysis of why Washington banned Chinese social media apps WeChat and TikTok from the United States.
Political Warfare: CCP’s Disinformation Campaign on COVID-19, US Elections
Spalding first pointed out that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is responsible for the pandemic. “A good graphic out there now showing the 6 million people that traveled from Wuhan and really carried infection everywhere, while they were locking down travel within China, back in January,” he said in the interview.
Alex Wu
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Alex Wu is a U.S.-based writer for The Epoch Times focusing on Chinese society, Chinese culture, human rights, and international relations.
