How Tencent App Creates Panic Amongst Chinese Users
Chinese internet company Tencent has been forced to apologise after its video team reported that a typhoon had wiped out the entire population of a province in east China that is home to nearly 100 million people.
Typhoon Lekima hit the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Shandong and Anhui over the weekend, forcing more than two million residents to flee.
China's official news agency Xinhua said at least 49 people were killed with dozens still missing.
But Tencent Video sent a news alert to its subscribers on Monday saying the typhoon had "killed nearly everyone" in the eastern province of Shandong and seven people were missing.
The alert cited the provincial emergency management department as the news source.
Shandong is one of China's most populous provinces, with 99 million ...