The researchers who were targeted were contacted through email, LinkedIn, Facebook, or WhatsApp, with offers to collaborate on projects or write articles on security and foreign policy
SINGAPORE: Individuals with false credentials claiming to be from Singapore-based institutions have been approaching Indian journalists and researchers at top think tanks in what is suspected to be a covert Chinese operation, according to a report by the Hindustan Times.
Two of the individuals who approached the researchers identified themselves as Julia Chia, a “senior programme manager” with the National University of Singapore and Jian Qiang Wong, a “researcher” at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs . An investigation showed that both individuals did not exist and their accounts were fake.
Hindustan Times has indicated that this could be a covert propaganda operation by China, as the targeted people often write on topics such as Indo-China, Indo-Japan, or Indo-Pacific ties. “These people are looking for the kind of writing which is often induced by the Chinese State to create a narrative in its favour. They target people who have an understanding of strategic affairs or those who they think can publish or push views which favour China’s interests.”
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