SOCIAL MEDIA ASTROTURF: Chinese Twitter accounts masquerading as Taiwanese offered fake apologies to Dr. Tedros. “So not only did China back up Dr. Tedros’ vague claims (presented without evidence), it seems the CCP may have also generated fake apologies to further solidify the idea that Taiwan was guilty of racist attacks. It’s very similar to the backlash China helped stoke last month over the phrase ‘Chinese virus.’ For what it’s worth, an Ethiopian doctor who trained in Taiwan said over the weekend that Dr. Tedros’ claims portraying Taiwan as a hotbed of racism didn’t ring true.”