Pro-China propaganda pivots, targets civil society as tensions mount 

This story was made in collaboration with data forensics company The Nerve.

In the ongoing saga that sees the Philippines on the receiving end of Chinese harassment, China-linked propaganda pushes the narrative that the country is caught in a proxy war initiated by the United States. 

The official Facebook accounts of China state-affiliated entities and media are among the sources of these propaganda narratives online, as found in a scan of posts from June 2022 to July 2024...