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SOURCE: The New Yorker
9/22/2022
TikTok Spurs Frenzy over Fake Photos of Nanjing Atrocities
A Minnesota antiques dealer's mistake in identifying historical photos in a donated album intersected with the virality of social media and the still-raw international resentments over Japanese atrocities during its conquest and occupation of China to create a fake history furor.
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SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
9/23/2020
Trump’s TikTok Deal Shows how Trade with China is Woven into the American DNA
by Sean Fraga
"Americans’ beliefs about the value of transpacific trade informed every aspect of the transcontinental railroads. This history shows how deeply trade with China is woven into the American fabric and suggests President Trump’s hostility toward China is unlikely to outlast his administration."
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SOURCE: The Guardian
11/5/19
Teens are making historical events go viral on TikTok
The most powerful videos use human beings to personify world actors – such as countries – in major historical events.
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