“The video shows a massive military buildup by China near Arunachal Pradesh, India.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 13 Dec 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video does not show a Chinese military build-up near Arunachal Pradesh. It depicts a live-fire exercise by a brigade of the PLA’s 78th Group Army, part of the Northern Theater Command headquartered in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, in northeast China.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 December 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 15 December 2025, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DSLroGcjj7O/
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