India, Nov. 19 -- A report by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission has claimed that China led a "disinformation campaign" against French Rafale jets, using "fake" social media accounts to promote its own J-35s.

According to the report, China led the drive after the military conflict between India and Pakistan ended in May. "Following the May 2025 India-Pakistan border crisis, China initiated a disinformation campaign to hinder sales of French Rafale aircraft in favour of its own J-35s, using fake social media accounts to propagate AI images of supposed debris from the planes that China's weaponry destroyed," the US report read.

The report comes months after French military and intelligence claimed that the country was fi...