The rampant spread of “fake information” in China is fuelling hostility against foreigners and polarising public opinion, The South China Morning Post reported, citing claims by a top Chinese political adviser and former academic.
Such information had further intensified confrontation between China and other countries, the report said, quoting Jia Qingguo, a former dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University, as he called for laws against their dissemination.
Read the full report: The South China Morning Post.
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