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16th August 2022
10:39am BST

Several offered an explanation for the video, with one person commenting: "Probably a mispronounced death. It happens a scary amount of times." Others pointed out that the time stamp on the CCTV footage shows it was from January this year. But there is a current trend on TikTok of people wondering whether a zombie apocalypse is taking place in China, to the extent that the hashtag "Zombies in China" has received 4.3m views. https://twitter.com/checkchesar/status/1557078258570915840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1557078258570915840%7Ctwgr%5E6c8721af05797b4f34a6ea053bd800305a1e91c1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Fviral%2Fzombies-in-china-tiktok-trend-2657861060 Of course, this is not a zombie in this video and there is not an apocalypse in China. It seems that the idea of a zombie apocalypse in China seems to have developed from a misinterpreted article. The article was published by We Are The Mighty in 2021 and is titled 'This is how a zombie apocalypse is most likely to start in China.' The piece suggests that China's communist government would be more likely to cover up a zombie outbreak, therefore making this a more likely place for one to start instead of places like the UK or the US.@fredosj17 Zombie wakes up in china full vid ???♂️ #china #zombie #apocalypse #zombieapocalypse #dead #sad #scary ♬ original sound - FredoSJ
It also quotes a passage from fictional zombie novel World War Z, that says: "By refusing to admit the truth of the zombie outbreak to the world, the Communist Chinese government aided its spread due to misinformation about what was actually happening." It seems that some on TikTok have interpreted this as an eerie premonition. So to be clear, there is no zombie apocalypse taking place in China, no matter what TikTok might be telling you. Related links:@hashze_cxt we be slaying #zombieapocalypse #zombie #zombiesinchina #survivor #residentevil #slay #flexible #smart #hashze #fyp #fypシ ♬ original sound - Hashze