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The EU rewrote a report detailing China's coronavirus 'disinformation' campaign following pressure from Beijing

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.The EU is under pressure to explain why it amended a report into global disinformation campaigns, in order to remove passages critical of the Chinese government.

An EU diplomat told colleagues that "the Chinese [were] threatening with reactions if the report comes out," theAn earlier version of the report, seen by Politico, referenced a "continued and coordinated push by official Chinese sources to deflect any blame," for the coronavirus pandemic. References to a Chinese campaign of "global disinformation" were also removed before publication, Politico reported.

The Dutch MEP warns in his letter that if the EU had bowed to pressure from China, it "would cause damage to the democratic process in the EU."

 

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