War Games - China Media Project

The maneuver off Taiwan's coast is a clear demonstration of power in Beijing. In a propaganda video, cities on the island are marked as targets, and the president is threatened with a gruesome end.

Beijing is launching fighter planes and ships against the democratically-ruled island state – and swears to war on the people.

In the midst of a power conflict, China is staging a menacing maneuver – and thus sending a message that arouses a stir.

Beijing is not only launching its fighter planes and warships against the democratically ruled island state. With increasingly aggressive propaganda, the party leadership swears to the "association of the mother country" – and represents Taiwan's president in a video as a parasite.

War Games - China Media Project

On Tuesday, China’s military released a propaganda video called “Vanquishing Evil” (降妖除魔) that framed military exercises encircling Taiwan in a show of military force as a blockbuster of mythic dimensions. Complete with video game references, the propaganda spot, promoted widely by state media, made it all seem like a testosterone-fueled game for adolescents — rather than drum-beating about aggressive actions that could set off a deadly regional…