TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A video surfaced over the weekend showing a Chinese drone dropping a package containing propaganda fliers on one of Taiwan's outer islands, which the military deemed to be a “typical cognitive warfare trick.”
On Sunday (May 26), the Kinmen Defense Command said soldiers found a black cardboard box sealed with tape on a pier on Erdan Island in Kinmen County's Lieyu Township on Saturday morning (May 25). After opening the package, soldiers found leaflets with political slogans printed in simplified Chinese.
The Kinmen Defense Command assessed the object was dropped by a drone beyond visual range, with the intent to attract attention, stir debate, and increase social media traffic, a “typical cognitive warfare trick.” It said that important facilities and positions in the defense area are fully camouflaged.
In the event of similar actions, appropriate countermeasures will be taken, said the Kinmen Defense Command.
On Saturday, a Chinese netizen posted a YouTube video holding the leaflets before putting them into a black cardboard box and wrapping it with a red ribbon. It then shows him driving to the coast, operating his drone over Erdan Island, and dropping the package onto the military base.
One flier read:
Both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China, one Chinese nation. Taiwan independence is a dead end. Lai's Taiwan independence is a dead end."
The other leaflet read:
“Using force to resist unification leads only to a dead end! Don’t sacrifice your life for Taiwan independence, do you understand?”
