China Extends Strategic Info-War Support to Bangladesh

Reading Time: 3 minutes In a significant development with implications for both national security and regional perception management, the People’s Republic of China has formally extended an offer of strategic cooperation to Bangladesh in the arena of combating disinformation and hostile propaganda campaigns. This overture, quietly initiated through diplomatic channels in late May, signals a new phase in Sino-Bangladeshi information and cyber-coordination amid increasing hybrid threats following the July uprising in Dhaka. According to classified sources within Bangladesh’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Yao Wen, addressed a letter to Information Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam on 21 May, offering to share China’s well-established framework for disinformation suppression. The initiative appears to be a direct response to the swelling tide of hostile narratives emerging across international media and social platforms targeting the interim government in Bangladesh. Most notably, Indian news outlets and pro-Awami League diaspora-based YouTube and Facebook