China denies that gangsters' election campaign was "made out of thin air". Mainland Affairs Council: Everyone knows the facts

With the 9-in-1 election approaching, President Lai Ching-te recently called on China to be wary of China’s cognitive warfare against Taiwan’s elections and its interference in the elections through gangs or local collaborators. The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China said today that this statement is completely fabricated out of thin air and confuses right and wrong. The Mainland Affairs Council criticized that the CCP’s interference in Taiwan’s elections is a well-known fact, and there have been many prosecution cases.

Lai Ching-te said at the regular meeting of the Democratic Progressive Party last week that there is only one month left before the local election polling day. He must be reminded that the closer the election campaign is to the final stage, the more vigilant it is to be wary of China's cognitive operations on Taiwan's elections and interference in the elections through gangs or local collaborators.

Lai Ching-te said that based on past warnings raised by international organizations and experts and scholars, China’s methods of intervening in Taiwan’s elections are no longer limited to traditional political propaganda, but may also be combined with artificial intelligence, cross-border suppression, and coordinated cyber forces to form a more complex compound threat.

Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said today that when the election period comes on the island, the "DPP authorities" use all possible means to carry out "cognitive warfare", spreading false information, falsely claiming that China is intervening in the election, making things up out of thin air, far-fetched facts, and exaggerating, in order to cover up their incompetence in governance, stir up hostility to the mainland, and defraud votes.

In this regard, the Mainland Affairs Council emphasized that it is a well-known fact that the Chinese Communist Party has interfered in Taiwan's elections, and there have been many prosecution cases. Regarding foreign forces intervening in elections and interfering with democratic operations, the government has the responsibility to warn the people and strengthen prevention of infiltration and manipulation by the CCP.