ASIATODAY.ID, SYDNEY – Taiwan’s National Security Council Adviser, Lee Yuh-jye, has revealed that China is systematically funding media workers in Taiwan to spread biased information while exploiting online platforms to collect personal data.
The warning came during The Sydney Dialogue 2025, an annual cybersecurity and technology forum organized by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on December 4–5.
Lee, returning to lead Taiwan’s delegation after attending the 2024 forum, emphasized that democracies today face increasingly organized, fast-moving, and technologically advanced hybrid threats, with Taiwan at the forefront of China’s intelligence experiments.
“China is using Taiwan as a testing ground for cognitive warfare: spreading disinformation, stealing personal data, and conducting low-cost asymmetric operations to divide society and undermine public trust. These tactics are then applied to disrupt other democracies,” Lee said.
For the first time, the Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technology (DSET) sent Lai You-hao, Deputy Head of the Democracy Governance Research Group, as a panelist, highlighting China’s aggressive information warfare and data-gathering strategies.
The Sydney Dialogue brought together government representatives, academics, and industry leaders from over 20 countries and organizations, including Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, NATO, the European Union, and Taiwan.
Key topics included AI competition and governance, supply chain security, emerging hybrid threats, quantum and next-generation technologies, and Indo-Pacific geopolitics.
During the event, Lee also held bilateral discussions with like-minded democracies, reinforcing cooperation to counter China’s expanding and sophisticated threats. (AT Network)
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