Social media is a two-edged sword. Inasmuch as it is currently the best platform to disseminate news and share content, it also, unfortunately, breeds the circulation of all sorts of fake news targeted at gullible people.
With China currently staking its claim in Africa by offering “attractive” but questionable financial aid and other resources which our governments are finding very difficult to turn down, the communist state has become a focus of attention with all sorts of news about their activities on the continent including fabricated ones.
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from China. In videos that were shared across social media, the plastic rice, when cooked and shaped in the form of a ball becomes very bouncy.
The viral videos even compelled Ghana’s food and drugs authority to carry out an investigation with findings revealing there was no such thing being sold on the Ghanaian market.
Plastic vegetables
There were also some viral videos of some Chinese factories producing what looked like vegetables and fruits for consumption with poisonous chemicals. People were told to be wary of such products on the market but it turned out they were merely made for display purposes for eateries.
Plastic chicken
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