Political Warfare Bureau

Political Warfare Bureau
政治作戰局
Zhèngzhì Zuòzhàn Jú
Agency overview
Formed1 March 2002[1]
JurisdictionRepublic of China
HeadquartersZhongshan, Taipei
25°04′48″N 121°32′34″E / 25.0799°N 121.5427°E / 25.0799; 121.5427
Parent agencyMinistry of National Defense
Websitegpwd.mnd.gov.tw Edit this at Wikidata

The Political Warfare Bureau (GPWB; traditional Chinese: 國防部政治作戰局; simplified Chinese: 国防部政治作战局; pinyin: Guófángbù Zhèngzhì Zuòzhànjú) is the affiliated authority of the Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) that is responsible for all the political warfare affairs of the Republic of China Armed Forces.

History

Since its establishment in 1924, the Whampoa Military Academy has run a set 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 Yi Kuo-juei.[2][3] On 1 March 2002, the Organizational Ordinance of the General Political Warfare Bureau was put into performance.[4]

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 big data system analysis in its efforts to understand and counter CCP disinformation campaigns in real time.[5]

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)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Political Warfare Bureau,M.N.D.-Development History". Gpwd.mnd.gov.tw. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. ^ "易国瑞-国民党高级将领-人物" [Yi Guorui-Senior General of the Kuomintang-Character]. www-zsbeike-com.translate.goog (in Chinese). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. ^ 馮玉祥; 國民革命軍第二集團軍總司令部. "心範". Rare & Special e-Zone. doi:10.14711/spcol/b273151. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Political Warfare Bureau,M.N.D.-Development History".
  5. ^ Blanchette, Jude; Livingston, Scott; Glaser, Bonnie S.; Kennedy, Scott. "Protecting Democracy in an Age of Disinformation" (PDF). csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com. Center for Strategic and International Studies. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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