New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- After India-Pakistan conflict in May 2025 following Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed 26 lives, China initiated a disinformation campaign to hinder sales of French Rafale in favor of its own J-35s, claimed a report by US.

The claim in a report comes months after French intelligence and military officials alleged that China orchestrated a covert campaign to damage the reputation of Rafale fighter jet.

Citing French intelligence, the report said that China used fake social media accounts to propagate AI images of supposed "debris" from the planes that China's weaponry destroyed.

The report further added that in 2024, pro-China online actors used AI-generated news anchors and fake social media ...