A television news channel in Taiwan apologized after erroneously reporting on Wednesday that China had launched an invasion just outside the capital Taipei, triggering alarm online.
Taipei-based Chinese Television Systems, a TV network partially owned by the Taiwanese government, ran a ticker along the bottom of the screen at 7 a.m. local time on Wednesday saying that China had attacked several areas of New Taipei City.
"New Taipei City has been hit by a Chinese communist guided missile. Ships in Taipei Port have exploded, damaging facilities,” the graphic read. "Banqiao Station is reported to have been set on fire by explosives placed by special forces.”