Chinese nuclear powered submarine accident near the Taiwan Strait? This overseas anti China account has spread rumors again
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-The online comments actually come from video content posted by the overseas anti China account "Lutheran Society LUDEMedia", which has repeatedly published false information and conspiracy theories that are not conducive to China and has been refuted. Wang Dinggang, the host of the program, was also exposed to have close contact with Guo Wengui, the Chinese fugitive suspect, and Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist of the Trump government. It can be seen that the content released by LUDEMedia is not trustworthy.
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Recently, there was a news circulating on overseas social media that "a Chinese submarine had a serious accident near the Taiwan Strait." "All crew members have died." However, such news did not indicate the source of the information and is highly suspicious.
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Where do online rumors come from?
The widely circulated tweet in the English version was released by submarine observation expert HISutton, but Sutton also stated in the original text that the news has not been confirmed. Anti search keywords such as "China", "nuclear submarine", and "Taiwan" in both Chinese and English on Google and Twitter. The English version of the online comments was released on August 22nd, with many users citing Chinese video content posted by a user named "Lutheran Ludemadia".
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From a chronological perspective, "Lutheran Society ludemedia" released this video on the YouTube platform on the evening of August 21, which is the earliest source of news for this rumor. The original video title was "Top Secret Intelligence: Six hours ago, a Chinese Type 09III attack nuclear powered submarine had an accident while carrying out a mission in the Taiwan Strait, and all submarine officers died." The video content showed that the broadcast time was 8:45 am Eastern Time in the United States. The host claimed that the intelligence was "from the Joint Operations Command Center of the Chinese Military Commission." However, the entire program did not show any reliable evidence, and the only information was Wikipedia's introduction to the Type 09III commercial class nuclear submarine and other submarines. Shortly after the release of this video, Lutheran Society changed its tone and claimed that the affected area was in the Yellow Sea region of the Western Pacific.
Screenshot of video released by Lutheran Society's LUDEMedia on August 21st
What channel is "Lutheran Society LUDEMedia"?
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Lutheran LUDEMedia is not a reliable source of information. Starting from its homepage, many of its videos contain conspiracy theories or false information that has been debunked.
It is also worth mentioning the background of the guests in the Lutheran news agency program. Yan Limeng was invited by the account many times to discuss the source of COVID-19. Yan Limeng, a former postdoctoral fellow of the University of Hong Kong, claimed on Fox News in 2020 that "COVID-19 does not come from nature, but is developed by the Wuhan Virus Laboratory in China". However, the fact verification agency Politifact pointed out that this statement was completely contrary to the conclusion of the report published by American virologist Christian Anderson and others on Nature in March 2020. Many virologists said that "SARS-CoV-2 is not a virus constructed by a laboratory." The Washington Post reported in 2021 that after the review of scientists from several top American universities, Yan Limeng's article on COVID-19 "has no data support." and "baseless". Pengpai Mingcha has also conducted an investigation on this matter.
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However, such a guest with many academic background defects was infinitely magnified in the program of Lutheran Club. With the help of Lutheran Club, Yan Limeng once became the "COVID-19 Doctor" in the mouth of foreign media.
Screenshot of a report by The Washington Post on an article written by a common guest at Lutheran Society, Yan Limeng
On the other hand, the host of Lutheran LUDEMedia is named Wang Dinggang. After verification by the corporate credit system, it was found that this person had done business in Guangzhou and immigrated to the United States in 2017. Behind the founding of the Lutheran News Agency program, there was obvious support from Guo Wengui, the Chinese fugitive suspect, and Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist of the Trump government.
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In November 2020, the New York Times published an article entitled "How Guo Wengui and Bannong Promote the Conspiracy Theory of the Origin of COVID-19", in which Wang Dinggang was mentioned as "Guo Wengui's Close Partner", and said that "they integrated expert views, serious analysis, and outright rumors into the program to cater to overseas Chinese who often distrust the Chinese official media, but almost have no reliable mother tongue news sources." When commenting on Wang Dinggang, the article said that he was "willing to accept strange theories" and "attacked China on YouTube".
The New York Times reported that Wang Dinggang's program focused on attacking China
So did the 09III nuclear powered submarine have an accident?
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In summary, the online rumors actually come from video content posted by the overseas anti China account "Lutheran Society LUDEMedia", which has repeatedly published false information and conspiracy theories that are unfavorable to China and has been refuted. Wang Dinggang, the host of the program, also has close contact with Guo Wengui, the Chinese fugitive suspect, and Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist of the Trump government. It can be seen that the content released by "Lutheran LUDEMedia" is not trustworthy.