On Sunday, Chinese Communist government’s mouthpiece, People’s Daily tweeting a video where it claimed that the world’s largest amphibious aircraft was taking off at Shandong airport for a test flight.
https://twitter.com/PDChina/status/1287233682432864257?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwIf you notice closely, till around 7 seconds, there is no helicopter. But within fraction of second a helicopter appears out of nowhere hovering above the aircraft.
Netizens were quite amused at the phantom helicopter.
https://twitter.com/Campaignfornia1/status/1287297537267859456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/Badi_NZ/status/1287323210967470081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Some even expressed concerns over the safety and life of the person who might’ve edited this video of phantom helicopter. https://twitter.com/RomanAcleaf/status/1287429635299409920?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwThis will not be the first time China would have used tackily edited videos for propaganda. In 2011, the Chinese Armed Forces had tried to pass off a video of the 1986 Hollywood iconic movie “Top Gun” starring Tom Cruise as the footage of a PLA Air Force training exercise.
As soon as they were caught, the People’s Liberation Army had faced a severe embarrassment and were quick to pull the video.