The clip was also shared alongside a similar claim on social media platform X here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>, on Facebook\u00a0here<\/span> and here<\/a>, and on\u00a0<\/span>YouTube.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Since rising to power in 2013, China’s President Xi Jinping has waged a constant campaign against deep-seated graft though critics say the policy has helped him purge political rivals.<\/p>\n However, AFP found no official reports the event described in the posts actually occurred.<\/p>\n Moreover, the circulating clip was featured in old news reports that said an official fainted during a political meeting in Chongqing in 2022, prompting the shocked reactions.<\/p>\n A reverse image search of a keyframe on Google led to\u00a0footage published in a report by Hong Kong-based news site Singtao<\/a><\/span> on January 17, 2022 (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The report said Wang Jiong,<\/span> chairman of the political advisory body Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Chongqing, fainted while about to deliver a speech.<\/p>\n Below is a screenshot comparison of the circulating clip (left) and the footage published by Singtao in 2022 (right):<\/p>\nOld footage<\/h3>\n