{"id":1020711,"date":"2021-11-16T18:58:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T23:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1020711"},"modified":"2021-11-16T18:58:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T23:58:34","slug":"fact-check-no-this-footage-does-not-show-chinas-artificial-sun-being-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-this-footage-does-not-show-chinas-artificial-sun-being-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, This Footage Does Not Show China\u2019s \u2018Artificial Sun\u2019 Being Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-no-this-footage-does-not-show-chinas-artificial-sun-being-launched%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1020711&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kinggeorge_growplanet_1\/video\/7008580639876189441?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on TikTok<\/a> purportedly shows the launch of an \u201cartificial sun\u201d by China.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kinggeorge_growplanet_1\/video\/7008580639876189441\" data-video-id=\"7008580639876189441\">\n<section><a title=\"@kinggeorge_growplanet_1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kinggeorge_growplanet_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@kinggeorge_growplanet_1<\/a> <a title=\"viral\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/viral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#viral<\/a> <a title=\"greenscreen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/greenscreen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#greenscreen<\/a> <a title=\"fyp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"china\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#china<\/a><a title=\"kinggeorge_growplanet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/kinggeorge_growplanet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#kinggeorge_growplanet<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c original sound - \ud83d\udc51 KING GEORGE \ud83d\udc51\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7008580608234392321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u266c original sound \u2013 \ud83d\udc51 KING GEORGE \ud83d\udc51<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The footage actually appears to show a rocket launch in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the TikTok video, which has received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kinggeorge_growplanet_1\/video\/7008580639876189441?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over 32,000 likes<\/a> since it was posted Sept. 16, a bright object can be seen flying upward after spectators cheer from across a body of water. Text in the video identifies the footage as showing the \u201cmoment China launched the artificial sun, as night turned to day.\u201d The footage has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TechTrendy21\/videos\/1199306403900205\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> alongside similar claims.<\/p>\n<p>The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) in Hefei, China, was created to mimic a star\u2019s nuclear fusion and has been referred to as an \u201cartificial sun,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/science\/story\/explained-china-s-artificial-sun-nuclear-fusion-clean-energy-renewables-1810740-2021-06-04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India Today<\/a>. In May of this year, the EAST, which has been active since 2006, maintained temperatures of 160 million degrees Celsius for 20 seconds and 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 seconds, setting a new world record, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neimagazine.com\/news\/newsanother-world-record-for-chinas-east-fusion-reactor-8781515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nuclear Engineering International<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact was unable to determine the original source of the video, but versions of it were shared in an April 25 <a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/Etg6yGK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Imgur post<\/a> and an April 26 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MAstronomers\/status\/1386681479460057093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> with captions connecting it to a SpaceX rocket launch. The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon Endeavor capsule and Crew-2 astronauts took place on April 23 at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/crew-2\/2021\/04\/23\/nasa-spacex-officials-thrilled-with-crew-2-launch-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA press release<\/a>. People gathered on an opposite shore from the Crew 2 mission\u2019s launch site to watch it lift off on April 23, as seen in footage aired by Orlando CBS affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2021\/04\/23\/massive-crowds-turn-out-for-crew-2-launch-in-brevard-county\/#\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News 6<\/a>, just as the TikTok video shows spectators doing.<\/p>\n<p>The mission control announcer\u2019s voice in NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WeIVJyufJrE?t=15503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube livestream<\/a> of that launch sounds strikingly similar to the one heard over a speaker in the TikTok video. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/03\/04\/fact-check-neil-armstrongs-space-boots-not-match-footprint-moon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Do Neil Armstrong\u2019s Space Boots Not Match A Footprint He Left On The Moon?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, there is no indication the launch in the video took place in China or involved the EAST. In the TikTok video, various people can be heard counting down in English with American accents before the rocket rises into the sky, further indicating that it was filmed in the U.S. Photos of the EAST <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/staff-members-perform-an-upgrade-to-the-experimental-news-photo\/1233163034?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/staff-members-perform-an-upgrade-to-the-experimental-news-photo\/1233162743?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Getty Images<\/a> demonstrate that it is very large and located indoors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on TikTok purportedly shows the launch of an \u201cartificial sun\u201d by China. @kinggeorge_growplanet_1 #viral #greenscreen #fyp #china#kinggeorge_growplanet \u266c original sound \u2013 \ud83d\udc51 KING GEORGE \ud83d\udc51Verdict: False The &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1020711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}