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False: This video does not show Chinese police ‘kidnapping’ a Uyghur girl in Xinjiang

8 November 20218 November 2021 4 min read

It actually shows an officer trying to protect the girl from a bike coming at her. The video was taken in Suining, Sichuan, not in Xinjiang.

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False 

False: These photos are manipulated to show Hong Kong stars holding banners in support of Xinjiang cotton

1 April 202115 June 2021 3 min read

All images in the collage were taken in 2016 after a fire killed two firefighters in Ngau Tau Kok in Hong Kong as part of a social media campaign to show support for local firefighters.

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Misleading: This video does not show Hong Kongers being transported to “re-education camps”

18 December 202016 April 2021 5 min read

It shows supporters of jailed activists Joshua Wong and two others bidding farewell when the trio left court after sentencing, not being sent to re-education camps.

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Misleading 

Misleading: This video shows kindergarten education in China, not Japan

25 November 202016 April 2021 7 min read

Children being taught about public transportation etiquette were from Xinjiang, China.

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False 

False: This video does not show Uyghur children “being sold” by Chinese traffickers

6 November 202021 May 2021 7 min read

This video has been manipulated. The audio is a truncated version of a Douyin video featuring two men bargaining over products being sold on the street, which has been added to an unrelated video of a young child model.

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False 

False: This video does not prove PLA is forcing Uyghur families to live with Chinese men

16 January 202016 April 2021 2 min read

The claim is unfounded. The man in the video is a vlogger from Hunan province working in Xinjiang.

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