India-Pakistan conflict: China accused of spreading propaganda on French fighter jet issue

Amid the India-Pakistan conflict, China has been accused of spreading propaganda on France’s Rafale fighter jet. French military and intelligence officials claim that Chinese embassies are doing this to increase sales of their fighter jets and reduce the collapse of Rafale exports worldwide. However, Beijing has rejected the allegations as baseless and a rumor. The French-made Rafale fighter jet was considered one of India’s game changers in the recent war with Pakistan. However, the country lost three Rafale fighter jets in the frontal conflict. New Delhi has also admitted this. After that, the shares of Dassault Aviation, the manufacturer of Rafale, plummeted worldwide. On the contrary, the share price of the Rafale-destroying Chinese fighter jet J-10C started increasing. China is spreading propaganda about the Rafale fighter jet to increase the promotion and sales of its own fighter jets. Such allegations – French military and intelligence officials. A French military official who did not want to be named told the news agency AP. Allegedly, the Chinese embassies of those countries are spreading rumors and slander to countries interested in buying Rafale fighter jets from France. Beijing is doing this to reduce Rafale sales and increase the expansion of its own fighter jets, Paris claims. France has accused the spread of slander about Rafale on purpose. On the contrary, China has dismissed the matter as completely baseless and a rumor. So far, 533 Rafales have been sold by the French company Dassault Aviation. Of these, 323 have been sold to India, Egypt, Qatar, Greece, Croatia, Indonesia and several other countries. The Four Point Five Generation fighter jet has gained fame in many countries due to its special feature called multi-targeting.