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These stories try to explain a complex background history and other relevant information surrounding persistent misinformation.
Hong Kong doesn’t actually issue official identity cards for pets; the card images circulating online for years show novelty items. Annie Lab reporters ordered two such “pet IDs” to compare the process.
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We will temporarily suspend our fact-checking operations from July to September 2025 to relocate our newsroom and restructure our project.
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The common perception that even low-paying jobs in Hong Kong, such as dishwashing, offer high salaries is largely overstated on Chinese platforms, and sometimes those figures are utterly wrong.
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Pictures of finance chief Paul Chan standing with a “white” dancing lion went viral online. Many people mistakenly thought it was a “mourning” lion costume used in funerals.
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Many people flocked to grocery stores in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea recently to buy table salt in bulk. Annie Lab explains what was going on.
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Annie Lab looks into the recruitment scope of China’s new reservist law that came into effect in March 2023.
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Annie Lab looks into the science behind mask wearing and the possibility of airborne transmission of the monkeypox virus.
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Various social media posts claim that COVID-19 vaccination “may result in symptoms of breast cancer,” implying that it could cause breast cancer. Experts say while the inoculation may cause lymph node enlargement, it is a known reaction and will subside in weeks.
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As the vaccine rollout gathers momentum, confusion and misleading claims about the effectiveness, side effects and safety of different vaccines continue to abound.
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There have been confusion and misleading claims about the development of COVID-19 vaccines since the beginning of the pandemic.
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