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A video has circulated on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook alongside a claim it was filmed inside a wobbling Chinese skyscraper that was evacuated in 2021. The claim is false: the video, which has circulated online since 2018, shows a different building in China. The video was shared here on Twitter on May 22, 2021. It has been viewed more than 11,000 times. The video’s simplified Chinese-language caption translates to English as: The clubhouse swimming pool in Shenzhen SEG Plaza. The shaking of the building caused the water to spill out. No one dared to enter, it will collapse sooner or later. Screenshot taken on May 28, 2021 of the misleading Twitter post The misleading post circulated online after a wobbling skyscraper in the southern city of Shenzhen was evacuated on May 18, 2021. AFP reported on the incident at SEG Plaza here . An identical video was also posted alongside a similar claim here , here and here on Twitter; here on YouTube; and here , here and here on Facebook. The video, however, has been shared in a false context. Old video Reverse image and keyword searches found the video predates the SEG Plaza incident by more than two years. It corresponds to a portion of a longer video compilation embedded in this September 16, 2018 report by the Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily. The article reports on Typhoon Mangkhut hitting southern China. The report reads in part: The indoor pool of Shenzhen Marriott Hotel Nanshan is full of waves. Below is a screenshot comparison of the video in the misleading posts (L) and the video in the Apple Daily report (R): Screenshot comparison of the video in the misleading posts (L) and the video in the Apply Daily report (R) The same video has also been shared in social media posts here , here and here since September 2018. AFP reported on Typhoon Mangkhut hitting southern China here in mid-September 2018. A further reverse image search on Yandex found the indoor pool seen in the video corresponds to this image of the Shenzhen Marriott Hotel Nanshan . It was posted on the travel website Tripadvisor. A screenshot of the hotel photo posted on Tripadvisor The hotel building is located some 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) away from Shenzhen SEG Plaza, as shown here on Google Maps. Similar photos of the indoor pool have been uploaded here , here and here on the Chinese travel website dianping.com.
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