The posts did not give a reason for the alleged demonstration, and some commenters drew comparisons with the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.The video has actually circulated in state media reports about crowds in Chongqing bidding farewell to firefighters from nearby Yunnan province after they helped battle wildfires in August.posted by a journalist based in Chongqing which contains the first 10 seconds of the video shared in the misleading posts.
"Netizens said: The high temperature of 40 degrees can't stop the people of Chongqing. I'm so moved, I haven't seen this scene in Chongqing for many years. Below is a screenshot comparison of the video shared in the misleading posts and the journalist's video : Hundreds of firefighters from nearby Yunnan province were sent to Chongqing to help fight the blaze, China's state news agency Xinhua