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The caption used to share the video says, <em>&#8220;\u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0935 \u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a 880 \u0915\u093f. \u092e\u093e \u0932\u0902\u092c\u093e \u0939\u093e\u0907\u0935\u0947 \u091c\u094b 36 \u092e\u093e\u0939 \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0921 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u092e\u0947 \u092c\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 21\u0935\u0940 \u0938\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u091c\u0942\u092c\u0947 \u091c\u0948\u0938\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u091c\u094b \u0905\u092c \u0906\u0935\u093e\u0917\u092e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0916\u094b\u0932 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0907\u0938 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0941\u0902\u0926\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947 (880 km highway connecting Pakistan and China was made in record time of 36 months, it is like a 21st century wonder which has now been opened for traffic, see the beauty of it &#8211; translated)&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0935 \u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a 880 \u0915\u093f. \u092e\u093e \u0932\u0902\u092c\u093e \u0939\u093e\u0907\u0935\u0947 \u091c\u094b 36 \u092e\u093e\u0939 \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0921 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u092e\u0947 \u092c\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 21\u0935\u0940 \u0938\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u091c\u0942\u092c\u0947 \u091c\u0948\u0938\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u091c\u094b \u0905\u092c \u0906\u0935\u093e\u0917\u092e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0916\u094b\u0932 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0907\u0938 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0941\u0902\u0926\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lC15yheKdh\">pic.twitter.com\/lC15yheKdh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MahendraMishra (@mishraji12111) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mishraji12111\/status\/1143021595360759808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Other users have also tweeted the video with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AzharLaghariPTI\/status\/1091274207273594881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">same claim worded differently<\/a> &#8211; <em>&#8220;China has built a highway 880 km long over the mountains &amp; water To link their country with Pakistan! Have a look!&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40696 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/AwesomeScreenshot-Azhar-Laghari-on-Twitter-China-has-built-a-highway-880-km-long-over-the-mountains-water-To-link-their-country-with-Pakistan-Have-a-look-2019-07-09-12-07-53.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/AwesomeScreenshot-Azhar-Laghari-on-Twitter-China-has-built-a-highway-880-km-long-over-the-mountains-water-To-link-their-country-with-Pakistan-Have-a-look-2019-07-09-12-07-53.png 426w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/AwesomeScreenshot-Azhar-Laghari-on-Twitter-China-has-built-a-highway-880-km-long-over-the-mountains-water-To-link-their-country-with-Pakistan-Have-a-look-2019-07-09-12-07-53-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The video has also been circulating on Facebook since at least December 2018.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ursBuzZBasket\/videos\/208875880019252\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/ursBuzZBasket\/videos\/208875880019252\/\"><p>Road between #China and #Pakistan<br \/>\nThe road cost China $ 65 billion and its construction took 36 months and has a length of 880 km. The dangerous part of it is 24 km long in the area of \u200b\u200bLake Attaabad.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ursBuzZBasket\/\">BuzZ Basket<\/a> on Wednesday, December 26, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alt News used InVid to break down the video into multiple frames, then performed a reverse image search of one of those frames on Yandex. This led us to several images and videos of similar-looking expressways.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OQpB-XuZA2U&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New China TV<\/a><\/em> posted the same video on January 2, 2019, with the caption, <em>&#8220;Amazing engineering: Stunning aerial view of Yaxi expressway in SW China&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Using this information, Alt News did a keyword search on Google. We found multiple videos and websites consisting of visuals of the Yaxi Expressway. A Facebook user uploaded this video on November 7, 2018, with the caption<em> &#8220;yaxi road\uff0cYaxi Highway&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zhengda.chen.3\/videos\/2173089112725332\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/zhengda.chen.3\/videos\/2173089112725332\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/zhengda.chen.3\/videos\/2173089112725332\/\">yaxi road\uff0cYaxi Highway<\/a><\/p>\n<p>yaxi road\uff0cYaxi Highway<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zhengda.chen.3\/\">\u65c5\u6e38\u7cbe\u54c1<\/a> on Tuesday, November 6, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>China Xinhua News<\/em> also posted the video on their Facebook page on January 2, 2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/XinhuaNewsAgency\/videos\/282254732349307\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/XinhuaNewsAgency\/videos\/282254732349307\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/XinhuaNewsAgency\/videos\/282254732349307\/\">Amazing engineering: Stunning aerial view of Yaxi expressway<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An engineering marvel. Stunning aerial view of Yaxi expressway in Sichuan, China.<br \/>\n#AmazingChina<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/XinhuaNewsAgency\/\">China Xinhua News<\/a> on Wednesday, January 2, 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>A simple <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2015-05\/06\/content_20640816.htm\">Google search<\/a> told us that Yaxi expressway is a 240 km section of the Beijing-Kunming highway, and is made up of 270 viaducts and 25 tunnels. It runs from Ya&#8217;an to Xichang, a province in Sichuan. The construction of the expressway began in 2007 by the central government and it became open for public use in 2012. The project cost almost 20.6 billion yuan ($3.3 billion).<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, we searched on Google to find out if a highway from China to Pakistan actually existed. A highway between China and Pakistan does exist. Karakoram highway is a 1,300 km national highway which goes from Hasan Abdal in the Punjab province of Pakistan, through Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan controlled Kashmir, to China National Highway 314. We found a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o5AAvnyexzY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>BBC<\/em> video<\/a> that shows the same.<\/p>\n<p>The claim has previously been fact-checked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boomlive.in\/video-of-bridge-in-china-shared-as-new-highway-to-pakistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Boomlive<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/news\/fact-check-has-china-opened-880-km-highway-linking-their-country-to-pakistan\/articleshow\/68007802.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Times of India<\/em><\/a> in January, then by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thequint.com\/news\/webqoof\/old-video-of-china-bridge-shared-as-highway-linking-pakistan-resurfaces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Quint<\/em><\/a> in May when the video resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, a video has been circulating on social media with the claim that it shows an 880 km highway connecting Pakistan and China, however, the video is actually of Yaxi expressway connecting Ya&#8217;an to Xichang in China.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"&quot;e&lt;\/p\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video featuring a highway has been viral on social media the past few months with the claim that it is an 880 km highway connecting Pakistan and China, built in 36 months. 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