FACT-CHECK: US Navy did not sink a Chinese ship in combat
A video on TikTok misleadingly claimed that the United States Navy had sunk a Chinese ship in battle.
FACT-CHECK: Photo of an airport in West PH Sea is fake
A Facebook user posted a reel containing a photo of a supposed airport and falsely claimed that it was located in the West Philippine Sea.
Invoking the Mutual Defense Treaty
China’s Coast Guard had intercepted and prevented a small Philippine indigenous boat from bringing food and fresh water to troops stationed aboard a naval transport vessel stuck in Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
FACT-CHECK: China Daily’s ‘Media Unlocked’ falsely claims ‘Atin Ito’ mission was a plot to stage a conflict near Bajo de Masinloc
State-run China Daily’s ‘Media Unlocked’ X account made the false claim that the ‘Atin Ito’ coalition was a plot by the Philippines against China to stage a conflict near Scarborough Shoal or Bajo de Masinloc.
FACT-CHECK: The Philippines was not bombed by China due to tensions in the West Philippine Sea
A YouTube channel made the false claim that the Philippines was bombed by China due to tensions in the West Philippine Sea.
