VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Japan NOT involved in water cannon firing in WPS
A video claiming that the Japanese Coast Guard has started using water cannons to repel Chinese fishing vessels in the West Philippine Sea is incorrect.
A video claiming that the Japanese Coast Guard has started using water cannons to repel Chinese fishing vessels in the West Philippine Sea is incorrect.
A video on Facebook is claiming that China has sent 70 aircraft vessels near the West Philippine Sea in response to the Philippines bolstering its territorial defense efforts. This is bogus.
Propaganda is central to the work of the ambassador of the PROC, wherever they are in the world. It came as no surprise that the following year after Huang Xilian was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of the Philippines, he embarked on a music video project called “Iisang Dagat.”
A video posted on YouTube and Facebook (FB) presented as “breaking news” footage of the alleged presence of 200 Chinese militia vessels in the West Philippine Sea and actions taken by the United States’ (U.S.) against the threat.
A video on Facebook (FB) claimed that the United States (U.S.) and the Philippines are planning to strike a Chinese vessel sailing on the West Philippine Sea in a “joint operation” that will involve 17,000 troops. This is misleading.
A YouTube channel passed off a 2016 video of a fishing vessel that was blown up at sea in Indonesia as an illegal Chinese ship sunk in the West Philippine Sea. This is false.
Ang Ayungin Shoal, kilala internationally bilang Second Thomas Shoal at ng China bilang Ren'ai Reef, ay bahagi ng 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at continental shelf ng Pilipinas, ayon sa desisyon noong Hulyo 12, 2016 ng isang ad-hoc tribunal sa ilalim ng Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).
The country’s former top public official was VERA Files’ most fact-checked personality since 2016. He was named the “most fact-checked figure” in 2018 and the top purveyor of disinformation on COVID-19 among government officials in 2020.
Sa ika-pitong episode ng What the F?! podcast ng VERA Files, alamin ang mga tamang impormasyon tungkol sa mga kalituhan at disinformation tungkol sa arbitral award na nakamit ng Pilipinas noong 2016.
Six years after the Philippines' arbitral tribunal victory against China regarding the South China Sea, mis- and disinformation about it continue to spread.