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Media Watch: What’s behind Chinese officials’ social media diplomacy

Chinese diplomats have been clearly meddling in the domestic affairs of other nations.

Have 34 felony counts against Trump been dropped after US presidential election?

Verdict: False

Does a video show the repatriation of a US soldier killed in Ukraine?

Verdict: False

Did California governor threaten to withhold state’s federal taxes?

Verdict: False

Does a photo show armored vehicles in Seoul after South Korea declared martial law?

Verdict: False

Media Watch: What’s behind Chinese officials’ social media diplomacy

Chinese diplomats have been clearly meddling in the domestic affairs of other nations.

Have 34 felony counts against Trump been dropped after US presidential election?

Verdict: False

Does a video show the repatriation of a US soldier killed in Ukraine?

Verdict: False

Did a Chinese tabloid publish a front-page story about Bashar al-Assad’s fall?

Did a Chinese tabloid publish a front-page story about Bashar al-Assad’s fall?

Verdict: False

Does a photo show armored vehicles in Seoul after South Korea declared martial law?

Verdict: False

Did Japan classify mRNA vaccines ‘deadliest drug’ in history?

Verdict: False

Does a video show Putin sending off his son to Ukraine?

Verdict: False

Did a Chinese tabloid publish a front-page story about Bashar al-Assad’s fall?

Verdict: False

Did a Chinese tabloid publish a front-page story about Bashar al-Assad’s fall?

Does a video show a Chinese official’s authority over Israeli leader?

Verdict: Misleading

Does a video show a Chinese official’s authority over Israeli leader?

Media Watch: Online users target Trump, Harris with rumors after US election

Does a photo show refugees fleeing South Vietnam?

Did Harris back South Korea’s nuclearization during presidential debate?

Did a Chinese tabloid publish a front-page story about Bashar al-Assad’s fall?

Verdict: False

Did Japan classify mRNA vaccines ‘deadliest drug’ in history?

Verdict: False

Did a Chinese tabloid publish a front-page story about Bashar al-Assad’s fall?

Did Japan classify mRNA vaccines ‘deadliest drug’ in history?

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