Supermarket shoppers are pictured in Beijing on November 2. China’s Ministry of Commerce told families to keep daily necessities in stock in case of emergency after Covid-19 outbreaks and unusually heavy rain. Photo: EPA-EFE
Supermarket shoppers are pictured in Beijing on November 2. China’s Ministry of Commerce told families to keep daily necessities in stock in case of emergency after Covid-19 outbreaks and unusually heavy rain. Photo: EPA-EFE
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China /  Politics

Beijing quells rumours of looming Taiwan war stoked by fake PLA texts and misunderstood stockpile memo

  • Rumour mill started after the Ministry of Commerce urged families to stockpile essentials but state media says the public read too much into the statement
  • Chinese poem Elon Musk quoted on Twitter this week is same poem recited in 2000 by Jiang Zemin in reference to Taiwan

Linda Lew
Linda Lew

Updated: 9:03pm, 3 Nov, 2021

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Supermarket shoppers are pictured in Beijing on November 2. China’s Ministry of Commerce told families to keep daily necessities in stock in case of emergency after Covid-19 outbreaks and unusually heavy rain. Photo: EPA-EFE
Supermarket shoppers are pictured in Beijing on November 2. China’s Ministry of Commerce told families to keep daily necessities in stock in case of emergency after Covid-19 outbreaks and unusually heavy rain. Photo: EPA-EFE
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