Key facts
- Taiwan's Defence Minister Wellington Koo accused China of "cognitive warfare" on Tuesday.
- China marked the anniversary of Japan's handover of Taiwan with satellite images and military propaganda.
- Taiwan's military commemorated a 1949 invasion attempt by the People's Liberation Army of Kinmen.
Taiwan's Defence Minister Wellington Koo accused China of waging "cognitive warfare" on Tuesday, stating that Beijing was using the anniversary of Japan's handover of the island to Chinese rule for propaganda. China released high-resolution satellite images of Taipei and a military poster titled "Remember the history of the restoration" on Sunday, October 27. Koo emphasized that the People's Republic of China, established in 1949, has no connection to the War of Resistance against Japan. Taiwan's military marked a different anniversary, the 1949 invasion attempt of Kinmen islands, which Koo deemed more worthy of remembrance, warning that China's determination to annex Taiwan by force remains unchanged.