Why is Indian media supporting China’s claims over Indian territory?
[The publication of pro-China articles by the India media raises two questions: First, why are Indian journalists propagating stories planted by Beijing? Second, can the Chinese be trusted even after they have signed a deal?]
In 2003, the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China approved a ‘guiding conceptual umbrella’ for information operations of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
It was called the ‘Three Warfares’.
It was based on three strategies or ‘Warfares’, each mutually reinforcing the two others:
(1) the coordinated use of strategic psychological operations;
(2) overt and covert media manipulation; and
(3) legal warfare designed to manipulate strategies, defence policies, and perceptions of target audiences abroad.
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