False: Kowloon Watch Co did not sarcastically ‘thank’ John Lee; Viral image is doctored
The original sign simply reads “closing down” in Chinese.
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False: Viral image about international passenger traffic in Shanghai is widely inaccurate
Official data shows the number of international arrivals in Shanghai in January 2024 was 358,300, far more than the 10,000 the social media post suggested.
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False: This drone show video celebrating Lunar New Year in Singapore was manipulated
While Singapore had drone shows during the Lunar New Year celebrations last month, the dragon in the video was digitally added from a clip showing last year’s Dragon Boat Festival drone show in Shenzhen.
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False: Blurred image does not show feces on the floor at this year’s Hanteo Music Awards
The original image was taken in 2017 and not blurred. Reportedly, it shows black hair of an audience whose bun was cut during a reality show concert in South Korea.
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False: China’s blood product does not account for 80% of global export market
Global trade data between 2018 and 2022 indicates China’s share in blood and blood-related products’ global exports has been in single digit percentage consistently.
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False: Video doesn’t show Donald Trump calling 9/11 attacks ‘an inside job’
His speech was taken out of context and wrongly translated into Chinese. He actually said there was no comparable scale of attack on the United States during his four-year presidency.
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False: Chinese official wasn’t wearing a donated Canada Goose jacket in quake-hit Gansu
The jacket is from a Chinese outdoor brand called TOREAD. This image was taken a day before Canada Goose contacted the authority about the donation.
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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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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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