China

What is circulating

“Prabowo ordered Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara to seek a Rp300 trillion loan from China solely to fund the free meals programme (MBG).”

Claimed by Social media users · social media

The facts

No official information shows such an order. Government debt financing reached Rp506 trillion by 31 August 2026, 60.8 percent of the Rp832.2 trillion target in the 2026 budget, mostly through government bonds, and the reports mention no Rp300 trillion Chinese loan for MBG.

Fact check: Antara Anti-hoax

What is circulating

“Viral posts in May 2026 said EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called China a "cancer" and quoted her as asking: "If Europe cannot defeat Russia, how should we defeat China?"”

Claimed by Posts on X and the Brussels Signal website · social media

The facts

Euronews found both claims distorted and out of context. At the Lennart Meri Conference in Estonia on 17 May 2026, Kallas used a medical analogy about responding to China's economic influence, comparing subsidies to morphine and tougher measures to chemotherapy, and the moderator called the posts a grave distortion. The Russia line was a shortened paraphrase of remarks at a Hudson Institute event on 27 February 2025, recirculated as new.

Fact check: Euronews

What is circulating

“Prabowo and Puan agreed to hand land damaged by the disasters over to China to manage, and Puan signed a cooperation deal.”

Claimed by Facebook posts · social media

The facts

There is no evidence of any such agreement or deal. Kompas rated the posts, which circulated in March 2026, a hoax.

Fact check: Kompas.com Cek Fakta

What is circulating

“A post on 25 November 2025 showed a Tsukiji seafood restaurant's "limited time price cut" sign with the caption "Emergency price cuts at Tsukiji, where Chinese tourists have disappeared," linking it to the fallout from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's 7 November remarks on Taiwan.”

Claimed by Post on X · social media

The facts

Japan Fact-check Center rated the post misleading and inaccurate. A matching image of the same restaurant, menu prices and sign was posted on a review site in August 2025, months before Takaichi's remarks, and other August photos showed the same lower prices. China did urge its citizens on 14 November to avoid travel to Japan, and cancellations followed, but the photo does not show their effect.

Fact check: Japan Fact-check Center