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      Dated Video Viral With Claim That China Is Preparing To Attack Taiwan

      The claim is misleading; this video has circulated online since at least 2017.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  17 Sept 2020 7:49 PM IST
    • Boomlive
      Dated Video Viral With Claim That China Is Preparing To Attack Taiwan
      A video has been shared thousands of times on Facebook in August and September 2020 alongside a claim that it shows a train loaded with military equipment heading towards China's southeastern Fujian province for an "attack" on Taiwan. The claim is misleading; this video has circulated online since at least 2017.


      The video was published here on Facebook on August 20, 2020. It has been viewed more than 6,000 times.

      The 47-second footage shows what appear to be military vehicles travelling on railway tracks.


      Screenshot taken on September 15, 2020, of the misleading Facebook post

      Part of the post's traditional Chinese-language caption translates to English as: "Military train heading to Fujian in plain sight so the world can witness how the People's Liberation Army is preparing to attack Taiwan."

      Also Read: Were Chinese Tourists Holidaying On Indian Side Of Pangong Tso?

      Fujian is a province in southeast China, close to Taiwan.

      Tensions between China and Taiwan flared up once again in August 2020 when a Czech delegation visited Taipei in a second high-profile visit to the island in a month, AFP reported here.

      The video was also published on Facebook here, here, here and here alongside a similar claim in August and September 2020.

      However, the video has been shared in a misleading context.

      A reverse image search using keyframes extracted from the video in the misleading post found a longer version of the footage published here on YouTube on August 14, 2017.

      The footage in the misleading post can be seen from the YouTube video's two-second mark.

      Also Read: Video Of Japanese Singer Shared As That Of Xi Jinping's Daughter

      Below is a screenshot comparison between the video in the misleading post (L) and the 2017 YouTube video (R):


      Screenshot comparison between the video in the misleading post (L) and the 2017 YouTube video (R)

      The claim was also debunked by Taiwanese fact-checking organisation MyGoPen here.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      ChinaTaiwanPLAChinese MilitaryChinese Communist Party
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      Claim :   Video shows Chinese tanks being moved to attack Taiwan.
      Claimed By :  Facebook posts
      Fact Check :  False
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