Misleading: This photo does not show California governor welcoming Xi Jinping with Chinese flag
This photo, taken 14 years ago, shows Governor Gavin Newsom celebrating China’s National Day when he was the Mayor of San Francisco.
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False: Video shows Israeli attack in Gaza, not on Chinese peacekeepers in Lebanon
This video shows an attack in the Southern Gaza Strip in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. It does not show the UN peacekeeping force headquarters in Lebanon.
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False: This video does not show Hamas soldiers fighting in suicide vehicles
The clip is at least six years old and a composite of two separate footage. The first half features ISIS members, and the second half contains drone footage of car bombs, mostly likely filmed in northern Iraq.
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Misleading: These dated videos do not show ‘staged’ deaths in Gaza
One clip was filmed in Malaysia this summer and shows a college course about Islamic funeral. The other was taken in Egypt ten years ago and shows a student demonstration.
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Misleading: This video does not show ISIS auctioning Yazidi women in slave markets
The video shows a street art performance in Iraq, which was meant to raise awareness of the cruelty of women being sold as sex slaves.
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虛假：習近平並未缺席「APEC第二場領導人合照」 網傳片段實屬另一會議
出席大合照的國家領袖均為「印太經濟框架」成員國，而中國並非其中一員。該框架會議與亞太經合組織非正式會議同期在美國舉行。
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Misleading: These videos do not show US or Israeli embassy attacked by Hamas supporters
The first clip depicts a demonstration in Bahrain in 2012; the second shows an election celebration in Turkey in May.
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False: Xi Jinping did not ‘skip’ the second photo op at APEC; it was only for IPEF member nations
The photo op was for the 14 member countries of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, of which China is not a member. The IPEF meeting was held on the sidelines of APEC.
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Out of context: Video showing Muslim street prayers in France is six years old
The 2017 clip shows Muslims praying in the street as a form of protest against the closure of a popular prayer hall in Paris.
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False: Chinese subtitles of Putin’s ‘anti-Israel’ speech are fabricated, not translation
Putin’s speeches in the viral videos were given months before the Israel-Hamas war broke out. The Russian president did not threaten Israel or said Russia would join the war.
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