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Misleading: Some photos and videos are not related to ‘grain stock fires’ in Chinese cities

13 July 202018 February 2021 Ada Jiang 姜琦 Duyun, fire, Golden Dragon Fish Oil, Guizhou, Henan, Lindian National Grain Storage, NTD, Shanghai Jiali Grain a, US 2 min read

The photo was shot in the US and the video was filmed last year at a cooking oil storehouse.

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Misleading: This US gun store robbery video is not related to the George Floyd protests

12 June 202019 February 2021 Lucy Zhang 张涵 George Floyd, gun store, guns, Houston, US 1 min read

The claim is false. The footage actually shows a robbery in Houston that took place more than four years ago, on March 1, 2016.

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