SINGAPORE — China’s embassy in Singapore has slammed a recent report published by a United States think tank that highlights China’s “influence operations” in Singapore, calling it “lies” and groundless allegations “distorted from truth”.
In a statement posted on Friday in both English and Mandarin, an embassy spokesperson decried the report as being absurd but with a “clear” purpose.
The “unique connections in history and culture between both countries”, described by the spokesperson as a natural advantage in promoting bilateral cooperation, have been “unfortunately taken by someone as an excuse for attack, thus hurting not only China but also Singapore”. In it, Hsiao wrote that the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda efforts in Singapore - where 76.2 per cent of the population are Chinese, he noted - aim to promote the narrative of a"greater China", one that includes all people of Chinese descent, irrespective of nationality.
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