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Chinese satellite launch triggers emergency alert across Taiwan
Mistranslation of ‘satellite’ to ‘missile’ in message causes alarm and confusion days before presidential election
The bilingual air raid alert blasted over loudspeakers and was sent to every mobile phone in Taiwan shortly after 3pm local time (0700 GMT), warning people to “be aware”. “The … military immediately used the national warning system to inform the people to be alert,” it said, adding that no debris from the rocket booster fell outside Chinese territory. The Chinese portion of the text also prompted some confusion and bemusement, with “flying over the south part” sharing some characters with “Vietnam”, and leading people to think the satellite was much further away, over the southeast Asian nation.
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