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When Japan’s Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae hinted at a military response to a Taiwan contingency, the backlash from China was immediate, including a sharp warning from a diplomat. What followed was a wave of online hostility against Takaichi as Tokyo-Beijing diplomatic ties reached what is widely considered to be a critical low point. In this episode of #CorrespondentsOnTaiwanPlus, host Andrew Ryan speaks to Summer Chen, founder of Taiwan-based initiative FactLink, and Regine Cabato, a contributor at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), to discuss whether China’s messaging strategy is working.