Old video misrepresented as 'people fleeing Covid lockdown in China's Lanzhou city'

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Old video misrepresented as 'people fleeing Covid lockdown in China's Lanzhou city'
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🇨🇳 A video has been shared in social media posts that falsely claim it shows residents of Lanzhou, in China’s northwest, fleeing a Covid-19 lockdown The video was in fact filmed in Changzhou, near Shanghai, and has circulated online since at least April

Below is a comparison of shop signs seen in the video shared in the false posts and the corresponding location found on Baidu Maps :

Comparison of shop signs seen in the video shared in the false posts and the corresponding location found on Baidu Maps A further keyword search found the video has circulated online since at least April in posts that identify the location as Changzhou.from April 5 says:"#Quarantine# On April 3, Shunyuan Bacun on Yingping Road, Changzhou...Can you see why ?"in the British tabloid The Sun, titled"FOOD FIGHT Moment Chinese residents break through cordon ‘to get at supplies’ amid world’s strictest lockdown".But it also says there are claims it shows people rushing to get PCR tests.

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