误导：网传中国公厕有人看管的照片为旧图 与近期公厕抗议字句无关
该图片在网上至少有12年的历史，并非近日拍下，也与近期中国公共厕所出现的反政府言论无关。
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Misleading: Group singing of ‘The Internationale’ was performed in 2021 as celebration, not protest
The video was produced last July to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. It has nothing to do with recent COVID-19 protests in the country.
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Misleading: Liaison Office photo was taken months before Jiang Zemin’s death
The viral photo is a screen capture of a TV news report in April. Many people in Hong Kong also lined up and offered flowers to the deceased former Chinese president outside the Liaison Office on Dec. 1.
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Misleading: Video shows Chengdu Marathon, not people taking PCR tests in China
The video actually shows marathon participants waiting for the start on Nov. 20, 2022.
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False: Elon Musk’s ‘buying TikTok’ tweet was created by modifying HTML
The user who created the fake tweet says it was made by changing HTML codes.
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Misleading: Video shows Yiwu market in Shenzhen, not Zhejiang’s world’s largest wholesale market
The video has nothing to do with the famous Yiwu International Trade City in Zhejiang, also known as the Yiwu market, which was locked down only for 10 days in mid-August.
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Misleading: Image of peacocks wrapped in cardboard has nothing to do with COVID-19 test
This photo was posted in March 2019, months before the pandemic began, when the birds were brought to the Yunnan Arts University in China.
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Misleading: Kids spacesuit is for celebrating China’s space mission, not for preventing COVID-19
China successfully launched its Shenzhou-12 and 13 spacecraft in 2021. Many children wore spacesuit costumes at school’s sporting events that year.
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False: This video shows fire in Daegu, not near Halloween crowd crush at Itaewon in Seoul
The fire in Daegu, a city about 240 kilometers from Seoul, broke out on the same night the widely-reported crowd surge occurred at Itaewon.
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Misleading: This ‘eerie’ video does not show people following China’s strict COVID rules
The video consists of two pieces of footage. One shows students wearing white raincoats, and the other shows construction workers building a makeshift hospital in Shanghai.
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