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  2020-11-11

  Beijing's diplomats adapt Kremlin tactics in broadening disinformation offensive

  China's campaign borrows tactics from troll factories and relies heavily on Russian and Iranian state-sponsored news outlets to 'validate' false narratives and conspiracy theories.

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  2020-10-15

  Russian media caught fuelling Kyrgyz divisions during political turmoil

  Russian TV channels' provocative -- and even staged -- reports on recent political protests are an attempt to foment civil unrest and increase Bishkek's reliance on Moscow, analysts and viewers say.

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  2020-09-11

  Central Asian journalists wary of Beijing's crackdown on free speech

  'China is threatening us in a low-key manner,' a Bishkek-based journalist said, citing a barrage of Chinese propaganda directed at the region.

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  2020-09-04

  Kremlin attempts media coup in Belarus as Russian strategists replace local reporters

  Journalists in Central Asia condemned their Russian colleagues who agreed to replace journalists in Belarus and support Lukashenka's crackdown on demonstrators.

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  2020-09-03

  China brags of normality as world continues to reel from pandemic

  While the rest of the world suffers under lockdowns due to COVID-19, Beijing appears intent on making the country appear to have moved on. See what Chinese state media is doing.

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  2020-09-02

  Facebook uncovers Kremlin-linked campaign bent on sowing US chaos

  Trying out a new wrinkle, the Kremlin's Internet Research Agency duped real Americans to write for a website that bills itself as a 'global news organisation'.

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  2020-08-14

  China's self portrayal as COVID-19 hero contradicts true role in pandemic

  Beijing is actively trying to convince the world that its efforts during the global health crisis have been 'heroic'. Facts say otherwise.

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  2020-08-07

  How the Kremlin employs an 'ecosystem' of disinformation and propaganda

  Moscow uses a combination of official channels, state-run media outlets, proxy websites, the weaponisation of social media, and hackers to create a multiplier effect for its disinformation.

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  2020-07-24

  Russian, Chinese disinformation stirs pandemic panic in Kazakhstan

  The two regimes are ganging up on their shared neighbour Kazakhstan by spreading unfounded allegations -- and people are dying as a result.

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  2020-07-20

  Central Asian journalists doubt claims of Russian colleague's 'treason'

  The Kremlin's oppression of independent-minded reporters is a time-honoured tradition, and the most recent arrest of Ivan Safronov on trumped-up charges is just the latest example.