COVID-19: Racist Attack on WHO Tedros: Chinese Pretend to Be Taiwanese
COVID-19: Secretary General of WHO
“There was a racist attack from Taiwan,” World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General Tedross claims.
Taiwanese authorities point out that Chinese are doing the job
In fact, Taiwanese officials have pointed out that “Chinese are pretending to be apologizing for Internet postings.”
Taiwan Ministry of Justice (Ministry of Justice): Research Bureau
“A Chinese is posing as a Taiwanese and apologizing for a racist attack on Mr. Tedros,” he said at a news conference on April 10.
Information Security Division: Chairman Zhang Yinjin
These posts are easily recognizable as “all fake because of the same language.”
All posts are:
“As a Taiwanese, I am very embarrassing to attack Tedros in such a malicious manner. On behalf of the Taiwanese, I apologize to Tedros and ask for forgiveness.”
“They all seem to originate from accounts based in China.”
（Bloomberg）
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Taiwan Accuses Chinese Trolls of Fomenting Racism Spat With WHO
(Bloomberg) — Taiwan accused Chinese internet users of spreading fabricated expressions of remorse in a coordinated effort to paint Taipei as the source of a campaign of racist abuse against the head of the World Health Organization.
Chinese internet users
are claiming to be Taiwanese and apologizing for racist attacks against WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
Taiwan’s Investigation Bureau
said at a briefing Friday.
The fake posts are easily identifiable as they all use identical wording, said the bureau’s head of cybersecurity Chang Yu-jen.
The posts all say the following:
“As a Taiwanese,
I feel extremely ashamed that we attacked Tedros in such a malicious way.
I apologize to Tedros on behalf of the Taiwanese
and beg for his forgiveness
.” They all appear to be from China-based accounts that mainly feature the simplified Chinese characters used in the mainland.
The wave of posts
came after Tedros claimed Wednesday to have been the target of a three-month campaign of online abuse from Taiwan over his handling of the global coronavirus outbreak.
He didn’t provide any evidence to back up his claims of Taiwan’s involvement.
President Tsai Ing-wen
expressed “strong protest” against Tedros’s allegation that it was behind the attacks and invited him to visit Taiwan.