The Political Warfare Bureau (GPWB; ) is the affiliated authority of the

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(MND) of the

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that is responsible for all the

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affairs of the

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History

Since its establishment in 1924, the

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had already set up its political work system. In April 1950, the academy reformed the political work system by changing the Political Staff Bureau to Political Department. In May 1951, it was renamed General Political Department and in August 1963 as General Political Warfare Department with some modifications to its structural agencies. The department was led by deputy director

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. On 1 March 2002, the Organizational Ordinance of the General Political Warfare Bureau was put into performance. In response to increasing Chinese Communist Party (CCP) political warfare campaigns on social media in the late 2010s the Political Warfare Bureau set up a team dedicated to the expeditious handling of false information. The Bureau uses

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in its efforts to understand and counter CCP disinformation campaigns in real time.

Organizational structure

* General Administration Division (主計室) * Office of Military Spokesperson (軍事新聞處) * Military Dependents Service Division (軍眷服務處) * Military Discipline & Ethics Division (政戰綜合處) * Counter Intelligence & Security Division (保防安全處) * Cultural & Political Division (文宣心戰處)

References

External links

* {{wikisource, Organization Act of the General Political Warfare Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense Military installations of the Republic of China 2002 establishments in Taiwan Government agencies established in 2002 Psychological operations units and formations Taiwanese intelligence agencies

History

Organizational structure

See also

References

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