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  • 2019-06-25 (xsd:date)
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  • No, this video does not show Hong Kong citizens queuing at Chinese banks to cancel accounts after mass protests (en)
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  • A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter and Facebook alongside a claim that it shows Hong Kong citizens queuing at Chinese banks to cancel their accounts after mass protests hit the city in June 2019. The video is being shared in a misleading context; the first section of the video shows shoppers queuing outside a shoe shop in mainland China; the rest of the video shows guests queuing at a hotel in Macau. The 15-second video was published here on Twitter on June 16, 2019 where it has been viewed more than 44,000 times. Below is a screenshot of this misleading tweet: Screenshot of this misleading tweet The traditional Chinese caption translates to English as: Hong Kong citizens are crowding to exchange cash of U.S. dollars from Chinese banks and cancel their Chinese bank accounts! As long as we withdraw $10,000 per person, we would almost drain the U.S. dollar cash within the Hong Kong market, then would put the Hong Kong dollar and the Renminbi in crisis. Such a punch is as powerful as millions of people protesting on the street! The video was shared the same day a mass protest was held in Hong Kong over a controversial extradition law which would allow some criminal suspects to be extradited from Hong Kong to mainland China. Here is an AFP story about the protest published on June 16, 2019. The same video and a similar claim was viewed tens of thousands of times on Twitter here and on Facebook here . The claim is false; the first section of the video shows shoppers queuing outside a shoe shop in mainland China; the rest of the video shows guests queuing at a hotel in Macau. The first three seconds of the video in the misleading posts shows dozens of people gathering outside a building. Comments by social media users on the misleading posts suggest it was filmed outside a Jordan shoe store in Changzhou, Jiangsu province in eastern China. AFP found the same store listed on Chinese online directory dianping.com here . Below is a screenshot comparison of the misleading video (L) and the photo posted by a user on dianping.com (R): Screenshot comparison of the misleading video (L) and the photo posted by a user on dianping.com (R) This photo was published on the Injoy shopping mall’s official Weibo account on June 11, 2018, of a crowd queuing for shoes at the same Jordan store. The Weibo post’s simplified Chinese language caption translates to English as: #AJ1# The crowded signing up scene outside the store is really unusual for a rainy day. A lot of people came early in the morning, but the shoes are really cool. Below are two screenshot comparisons of the video in the misleading posts (L) and the Weibo photos (R): Two screenshot comparisons of the video in the misleading posts (L) and the Weibo photos (R) From the four second mark to 15 second mark in the video in the misleading posts, a group of people can be seen queuing inside an elaborately decorated building. Comments on the misleading posts suggested the building was The Parisian Macao hotel . AFP found a corresponding photo of the hotel’s lobby published in this post by The Parisian Macao’s official Facebook account on April 11, 2019. The bilingual caption in part says: Capture beautiful shots of 35-metre-high rotunda, hand-painted renderings at hotel reception and concierge, and dramatic sculptures! Below is a screenshot of the photo showing the lobby: Screenshot of the photo showing the lobby Below are two screenshot comparisons of the video in the misleading posts (L) and the photo posted by the hotel (R): Two screenshot comparisons of the video in the misleading posts (L) and the photo posted by the hotel (R) (en)
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