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-== Smears and debunks ==
+== Rumor Campaign and Subsequent Debunks ==
-=== 2018 trip to Japan and Yasukuni shrine ===
+=== 2018 trip to Japan and Yasukuni Shrine ===
-In March 2018, Zhang Zhehan visited Japan. While there, he walked the Sakura Trail, a well-known tourist attraction, and took several pictures that he posted to his social media. The administrative office of [[Yasukuni Shrine]] appeared in the background of one of the photos. It went unremarked upon by the general public. In 2021, as part of a larger smear campaign, bad actors leveraged those photos to push a narrative that Zhang Zhehan visited Yasukuni Shrine itself (which venerated war criminals) and worshipped there. This claim was false.
+In March 2018, Zhang Zhehan visited Japan. While there, he walked the Sakura Trail, a well-known tourist attraction, and took several pictures that he posted to his social media. The administrative office of [[Yasukuni Shrine]] appeared in the background of one of the photos. It went unremarked upon by the general public. In 2021, as part of a larger smear campaign, bad actors leveraged those photos to push a narrative that Zhang Zhehan visited Yasukuni Shrine itself (which venerated war criminals) and worshipped there. This claim was false. Zhang Zhehan did not at any time enter the Yasukuni Shrine and did not worship there.
-== Rumor Campaign and Subsequent Debunks ==
+==== List of rumors related to the visit and related debunking information ====
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-|+As part of the 813 smear campaign, many false claims about ZZH were made online.
-Below are several of those rumors and information related to subsequent debunks.
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 |Yasukuni Shrine is inside metro Tokyo. It is very close to many popular cherry blossom parks. It is a very popular cherry blossom viewing spot itself.
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-|There is only one purpose for going to Yasukuni Shrine, that is to worship those war criminals.
+|The only reason to go to Yasukuni Shrine is to worship war criminals.
-|Before 2018, multiple state media agencies recommended Yasukuni Shrine as part of the cherry blossom viewing route.
+|Before 2018, multiple state media agencies recommended Yasukuni Shrine as part of the cherry blossom viewing route. Several Chinese news outlets broadcast stories from spots within mere steps of where Zhang Zhehan was photographed.
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 |The sign in front of the Shrine states ‘Entering means Worshipping’.
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 |Zhang Zhehan visited Yasukuni Shrine 3 times over 3 years.
-|He only went to Yasukuni Shrine once, that is to visit Sakura in March 2018.
+|He only went to the grounds surrounding Yasukuni Shrine once, and that was to visit Sakura (cherry blossom viewing) in March 2018.
+|}
+=== List of other rumors and related debunking information ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+As part of the 813 smear campaign, many false claims about ZZH were made online.
+Below are several of those rumors and information related to subsequent debunks.
+!Rumor
+!Truth
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 |Zhang Zhehan visited Nogi Shrine because he is pro-Japan.
-|Nogi Shrine is a popular wedding venue in Tokyo. A lot of Japanese doesn’t even know the historical significance of the Shrine.
+|Nogi Shrine is a popular wedding venue in Tokyo. A lot of Japanese don't even know the historical significance of the Shrine. Zhang Zhehan did not enter the shrine and the reception at which he was photographed was held elsewhere.
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 |Dewi Sukarno is a great friend of Zhang Zhehan and her husband is involved in Indonesian Mass Killing 1965-66.
-|Dewi Sukarno’s only connection with Zhang Zhehan was attending that same wedding. Her late husband President Sukarno was not involved in Indonesian Mass Killing of 1965-66 or May 1998 Riots of Indonesia.
+|Dewi Sukarno’s only connection with Zhang Zhehan was attending that same wedding. Her late husband President Sukarno was not involved in Indonesian Mass Killing of 1965-66 or May 1998 Riots of Indonesia. Sukarno was pro-China.
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-|Zhang Zhehan did Nazi hand gesture in front of Nanjing War Memorial.
+|Zhang Zhehan did a Nazi hand gesture in front of Nanjing War Memorial.
-|The picture was posted as a 9 picture assemble on December 15<sup>th</sup>, 2019, during the time with Variety Show Actors Please Take Your Place was in the Final Sessions. The hand gesture is a classic hand gesture from the skit Brother which he participated in. The place of the picture was Zhejiang Global Center.
+|The picture was posted as a 9 picture assemble on December 15<sup>th</sup>, 2019, during the time with Variety Show Actors Please Take Your Place was in the Final Sessions. The hand gesture is a classic hand gesture from the short film "Brother," in which he acted as co-lead. The hand gesture was from the film and was the way he and his brother would find each other - raising their hand. His co-lead posted a similar photo in response.
+The place of the picture was not a war memorial, it was Zhejiang Global Center.
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 |Zhang Zhehan posted ‘Happy Birthday Mother Nation’ while on Chinese National Day on October 1<sup>st</sup> , 2018 while he was in Japan. Therefore, he must be saying happy birthday to Japan.
-|He landed in Shanghai right after that very post despite the horrible storms that day. He wanted to be in China on the National Day.
+|He landed in Shanghai right after that very post despite the horrible storms that day. He wanted to be in China on the National Day, and he was.
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 |Zhang Zhehan is fluent in Japanese.
-|Japanese people can barely understand the Japanese speech he gave on the wedding to congratulate the couple in 2018.
+|Zhang Zhehan does not speak Japanese. Japanese people can barely understand the Japanese speech he gave on the wedding to congratulate the couple in 2018.
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-|He purposefully decided to hold concerts on August 15<sup>th</sup> and September 18<sup>th</sup> . Those 2 days are the dates which mark the end and start of the Sino-Japan War during World War II, respectively.
+|Zhang Zhehan purposefully decided to hold concerts on August 15<sup>th</sup> and September 18<sup>th</sup> . Those 2 days are the dates which mark the end and start of the Sino-Japan War during World War II, respectively.
-|He was never able to get concert dates approved due to COVID 19. Concert dates were not announced as of Aug 12<sup>th</sup>, 2021.
+|He was never able to get concert dates approved due to COVID 19. Concert dates were not announced as of Aug 12<sup>th</sup>, 2021. There is no evidence he planned concerts on those dates.
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 |Zhang Zhehan refuses to hold up a red flag during the music video Sing a Song for Chinese Communist Party.
 |None of the main singers held a flag, only the extras on the set held red flags. It was not part of the production plan.
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-|Kafka on the Shore and Killing Commandatore, 2 books recommended by Zhang Zhehan to the fans, talked about Yasukuni Shrine.
+|Kafka on the Shore and Killing Commandatore, 2 books recommended by Zhang Zhehan to his fans, talked about Yasukuni Shrine.
 |Neither book talked about Yasukuni Shrine even once.
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 |Zhang Zhehan sat on Su Xiaoxiao’s tomb stone so he showed disrespect to ancestors.
-|Su Xiaoxiao tomb in an empty tomb. It is a famous tourist spot and it’s tradition for the tourists to touch the tomb for wealth and luck. Many tourists play touch it, play on it, and sit on it, which do not mean that they are showing disrespect.
+|Su Xiaoxiao tomb in an empty tomb of a fictional character. It is a famous tourist spot and it’s tradition for the tourists to touch the tomb for wealth and luck. Many tourists play touch it, play on it, and sit on it, which does not mean that they are showing disrespect.
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 |Zhang Zhehan was doing indecent gestures to a mermaid statue in Yin Chuan, China.