China News Service, April 26, according to Agence France-Presse, there have recently been some videos of "African people are discriminated against in Guangzhou" under the so-called new crown epidemic. However, the investigation found that some videos have been tampered with or fabricated Location, just to increase hatred.
The Agence France-Presse fact-checking website reported that these videos were real incidents that had happened before, but the timing was wrong, the location was wrong, and it had nothing to do with the New Crown epidemic. AFP has verified some of these videos:
Video 1: The "mutual assault" incident occurred in New York, not Guangzhou
In mid-April, a video posted on social media and forums in French and English showed that a pair of men and women with Asian faces were fighting with a pair of black men and women. A post on social media said, "A Kenyan couple beat each other on the streets of Wuhan with a Chinese couple ...". There are similar posts saying that the incident occurred in Guangzhou.
The so-called video of “fighting” on the streets of Wuhan or Guangzhou has English signs in the background. (Photo source: Screenshot of social networking video)
Agence France-Presse said that in the background of the video, you can find clues that help to locate, including the blue sign with "SBH" written on it, and the storefront called "PayOMatic". Agence France-Presse then queried the location of these signs through the Google Street View service, and verified the location of the video shooting through the location of graffiti, trees and fire hydrants in the video.
This video actually happened in front of an Asian restaurant in the Bronx, New York. The video itself first appeared online on March 18, 2020.
Video 2: The assault happened in 2016 in Malaysia
The publisher of this video said: "Please see what happened to our brother in China." In the video, a man appeared and was knocked down to the ground by an iron man with several Asian faces. The video is also distributed on social networks in French and English text.
The title of the video is called "Encounter in China", but in fact, after verification, the video was shot in Malaysia in 2016.
However, after verification, the source and provenance of this video have various claims and have been "Zhang Guanli Dai" several times. There is a saying that the video was shot in 2018 and the beaten was a Zambian man.
However, AFP quoted a Malaysian verification website as saying that the video was actually filmed in Malaysia in 2016. An AFP fact-checker in Indonesia and Malaysia said the attackers in the video spoke a mixture of Malay and local dialects.
Video 3: The incident happened in 2015
Among the videos circulating on the Internet, there is another video about 1 minute in length, which shows that a black man continues to be punched and kicked by a group of Asians. He struggles to escape, and is caught and then knocked down. This video was posted multiple times on Facebook, and a video comment that reposted 8,000 times stated, "Some Africans were expelled from China, and they were accused of being the bane of the new crown virus."
Agence France-Presse inquired through its own verification tool Invid WeVerify and Google, and found that this video is a more complete version with a length of 2 minutes and 55 seconds. It was published on Facebook as early as June 12, 2015. According to Agence France-Presse research, Nigerian Igbo, English, Chinese and Cantonese appeared in the video, and the shooting location was in Foshan, not far from Guangdong.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs: will not engage in differential policies for any special groups
Earlier, on April 15, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that China has not changed its friendly policy towards Africa. In the face of severe import risks in Guangdong, it has strengthened its prevention and control measures and insisted on treating both countries equally. Sexual policy.
Many African governments and African envoys in China generally believe that under the current situation, countries are stepping up measures to prevent and control the epidemic. Guangdong ’s move is responsible for all Chinese and foreigners, which is completely understandable. Foreigners working and living in the area should cooperate and support them. The African side appreciates China's serious consideration of the African side's concerns and notes the continuous improvement of the situation involving Africans in the relevant cities in Guangdong.
Many African friends also pointed out that after verification, many videos circulating on the Internet were edited, which is not the truth of the matter. Both China and Africa must be vigilant about these online contents that may mislead people's understanding and emotions.