Latest Fact-Checks In China

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Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Oz
stated on April 12, 2022 an ad
Dave McCormick is "liberal, pro-Biden, pro-China."
False
April 19, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on March 21, 2022 a tweet
Video shows the final moments aboard China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 before it crashed.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 23, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2022 a Facebook post
Biden "wants to buy lithium from China for electric cars."
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 22, 2022
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on January 7, 2022 an ad
Sen. Ron Johnson has been “rewarding companies that outsource to China.”
False
February 28, 2022
Stand Up To China
Stand Up To China
stated on January 20, 2022 an ad
Build Back Better “would be a huge payday for Chinese manufacturing” and “would fill our streets with cars made with Chinese parts.”
False
February 28, 2022
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on February 12, 2022 an ad
“Under Greg Abbott’s leadership, Texas is putting taxpayer dollars into Chinese companies.”
Mostly False
February 24, 2022
Dave McCormick
Dave McCormick
stated on January 31, 2022 an ad
“We all know China created COVID.”
False
February 11, 2022
Team PAC
Team PAC
stated on February 7, 2022 an ad
Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland."
Half-True
February 9, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 19, 2022 an Instagram post
Photos show “sheep feces” that are “now in high demand in China because of their richness in protein.”
Pants on Fire!
January 19, 2022
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Viral image
stated on January 11, 2022 an Instagram post
Video shows China launching an “artificial sun” into space.
False
January 13, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 21, 2021 an Instagram post
Cargo ships “can’t get into port” because of Donald Trump’s executive order 13959.
False
October 25, 2021
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Viral image
stated on September 5, 2021 a Facebook post
“The Bidens own 10% of” a Chinese firm whose stock is up almost 300%” since Joe Biden was elected.
False
September 10, 2021
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Viral image
stated on June 7, 2021 an Instagram post
Says Anthony Bourdain tweeted, “This might be the best bat soup I ever had in my life. Someday everyone’s gonna be talking about Wuhan.”
False
June 9, 2021
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Viral image
stated on April 23, 2021 a Facebook post
Images show LeBron James standing for China's national anthem while shouting during the United States’ national anthem.
False
By Andy Nguyen • May 3, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 24, 2021 a Facebook post
Social media posts stated: “Remember Kamala telling Joe during the debate, ‘You will do whatever the Chinese tell you! They gave your son over a billion dollars.’”
Pants on Fire!
By Shasha Hupka • April 30, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 24, 2021 a Facebook post
“Anyone remember Kamala telling Joe during the debate: ‘You will do whatever the Chinese tell you! They gave your son over a billion dollars.’”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • April 30, 2021
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
stated on March 18, 2021 a House hearing
The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because "90% of the solar panels, 80% of the wind machines, 90% of the rare earth minerals … are in Asia or in China.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 29, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2021 a Facebook post
The Atlanta shooting suspect wrote an anti-China post on Facebook prior to the shootings.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 18, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on December 1, 2020 a Facebook post
China recovered from COVID-19 “without a vaccine.”
False
December 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 30, 2020 a Facebook post
“Kamala’s husband, a lawyer, represents the Communist Chinese Party in America!! Think about that!!”
False
November 2, 2020
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