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Calculated Shard: 16 (from laksa096)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa016.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50979557\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50979557\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-50979557","crawl_time":1772566094,"first_indexed_time":1578043587,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,bbc!www,\/news\/world-asia-china-50979557 s443","src_root_hash":"1643509356818581016","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Shanghai New Year drone display was pre-recorded","meta_descriptions":["A dramatic New Year's Eve drone display over the riverside area was filmed days before, it emerges."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"3 January 2020\nReuters\nThe choreographed New Year display actually happened a few days earlier\nA spectacular drone display in Shanghai to mark the start of the new year did not actually happen at New Year, it has emerged.\nThe display of thousands of drones flying in formation over the city was widely covered by global media.\nBut people who were at the event on New Year's Eve have said they saw nothing.\nThe company behind the display has confirmed to the BBC that the footage broadcast around the world was actually from a practice run on 28 December.\nFootage of the impressive display was released to the world's media by China's state-run media.\nAllow Google YouTube content?\nThis article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read \n and \n before accepting. To view this content choose \n‘accept and continue’\n.\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Google YouTube content may contain adverts.\nIt shows 2,000 drones taking off against the dramatic skyline of Shanghai's Pudong district, then creating firework shapes, an animated running man figures and then spelling out 2020 and Chinese characters in the sky.\nThe video was picked up by the world's media and widely hailed as a futuristic and low-pollution alternative to traditional fireworks.\n\"This blows my mind because it's 100% Chinese fake news. We stood outside last night for a show that never happened,\" one person, Patrick Cox, said on Twitter.\nOne video purportedly of midnight on New Year's Eve shows the lights over the Pudong district going out, only to come back on again a few moments later with no drones appearing.\nThe BBC contacted the company behind the display, Yihang Bailu, whose media manager admitted that it was filmed on 28 December.\nThe manager said it had been arranged by local TV station Shanghai Dragon Television \"to ensure the global live broadcasting effect\".\nIt also emerged that local authorities had also posted on their official social media accounts on 30 December that there would be \"no New Year Eve celebration activity\" on The Bund this year.\nNew Year Fireworks: The world welcomes 2020\nHowever some people appeared not to mind that the Shanghai footage was not entirely as advertised.\nComments defending the move on the China's CCTV news agency's YouTube page said it did not matter when it took place, it was still an impressive show.\nOthers said it was a responsible move, to prevent possible injuries or overcrowding.\nShanghai has held muted New Year events ever since a stampede in 2014 left nearly 40 people dead in crushes.\nPre-recording highly choreographed drones is not entirely new.\nAnd a dramatic sequence of fireworks crossing Beijing like footsteps during the 2008 Olympics was also faked for TV audiences.","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-50979557#main-content)\n\n[Register](https:\/\/session.bbc.com\/session?action=register&userOrigin=BBCS_BBC&ptrt=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-china-50979557)\n\n[Sign In](https:\/\/session.bbc.com\/session?userOrigin=BBCS_BBC&ptrt=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-china-50979557)\n\n- [Home](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/)\n- [News](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news)\n- [Sport](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport)\n- [Business](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/business)\n- [Technology](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/technology)\n- [Health](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/health)\n- [Culture](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture)\n- [Arts](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/arts)\n- [Travel](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel)\n- [Earth](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future-planet)\n- [Audio](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/audio)\n- [Video](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/video)\n- [Live](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/live)\n\n- [Home](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/home)\n- [News](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news)\n  - [US & Canada](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/us-canada)\n  - [UK](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk)\n    - [UK Politics](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/politics)\n    - [England](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/england)\n    - [N. 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We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read\n\n[Google’s cookie policy](https:\/\/policies.google.com\/technologies\/cookies)\n\nand\n\n[privacy policy](https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy)\n\nbefore accepting. To view this content choose **‘accept and continue’**.\n\nAccept and continue\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Google YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nIt shows 2,000 drones taking off against the dramatic skyline of Shanghai's Pudong district, then creating firework shapes, an animated running man figures and then spelling out 2020 and Chinese characters in the sky.\n\nThe video was picked up by the world's media and widely hailed as a futuristic and low-pollution alternative to traditional fireworks.\n\n[But as local English news site The Shanghaiist reported](https:\/\/shanghai.ist\/2020\/01\/02\/shanghais-new-years-eve-drone-show-spectacular-didnt-actually-happen\/), people who were watching from the riverside area The Bund across from Pudong \"say they didn't see anything in the night sky. No drones. No nothing\".\n\n\"This blows my mind because it's 100% Chinese fake news. We stood outside last night for a show that never happened,\" one person, Patrick Cox, said on Twitter.\n\nShanghaiist noted that [one video posted on 29 December appeared to show exactly the same display.](https:\/\/www.weibo.com\/2256231983\/ImY6Cnabk?refer_flag=1001030103_&type=comment)\n\nOne video purportedly of midnight on New Year's Eve shows the lights over the Pudong district going out, only to come back on again a few moments later with no drones appearing.\n\nThe BBC contacted the company behind the display, Yihang Bailu, whose media manager admitted that it was filmed on 28 December.\n\nThe manager said it had been arranged by local TV station Shanghai Dragon Television \"to ensure the global live broadcasting effect\".\n\nIt also emerged that local authorities had also posted on their official social media accounts on 30 December that there would be \"no New Year Eve celebration activity\" on The Bund this year.\n\nNew Year Fireworks: The world welcomes 2020\n\nHowever some people appeared not to mind that the Shanghai footage was not entirely as advertised.\n\nComments defending the move on the China's CCTV news agency's YouTube page said it did not matter when it took place, it was still an impressive show.\n\nOthers said it was a responsible move, to prevent possible injuries or overcrowding.\n\nShanghai has held muted New Year events ever since a stampede in 2014 left nearly 40 people dead in crushes.\n\nPre-recording highly choreographed drones is not entirely new.\n\nIn 2018, it was confirmed that TV viewers of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in South Korea were [shown a \"secretly pre-recorded\" drone display, because of the risk of freezing weather and winds causing disruption on the night.](https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/winter-olympics\/43016799)\n\nAnd a dramatic sequence of fireworks crossing Beijing like footsteps during the 2008 Olympics was also faked for TV audiences.\n\n[New Year: London welcomes 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All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [**Read about our approach to external linking.**](https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/editorialguidelines\/guidance\/feeds-and-links)","attrs_readable_markdown":"3 January 2020\n\n![Reuters Drone display over Shanghai](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/3257\/production\/_110378821_d9dadae9-f446-4503-a9ea-b9103e70bff9.jpg.webp)Reuters\n\nThe choreographed New Year display actually happened a few days earlier\n\n**A spectacular drone display in Shanghai to mark the start of the new year did not actually happen at New Year, it has emerged.**\n\nThe display of thousands of drones flying in formation over the city was widely covered by global media.\n\nBut people who were at the event on New Year's Eve have said they saw nothing.\n\nThe company behind the display has confirmed to the BBC that the footage broadcast around the world was actually from a practice run on 28 December.\n\nFootage of the impressive display was released to the world's media by China's state-run media.\n\n#### Allow Google YouTube content?\nThis article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read\n\nand\n\nbefore accepting. To view this content choose **‘accept and continue’**.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Google YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nIt shows 2,000 drones taking off against the dramatic skyline of Shanghai's Pudong district, then creating firework shapes, an animated running man figures and then spelling out 2020 and Chinese characters in the sky.\n\nThe video was picked up by the world's media and widely hailed as a futuristic and low-pollution alternative to traditional fireworks.\n\n\"This blows my mind because it's 100% Chinese fake news. We stood outside last night for a show that never happened,\" one person, Patrick Cox, said on Twitter.\n\nOne video purportedly of midnight on New Year's Eve shows the lights over the Pudong district going out, only to come back on again a few moments later with no drones appearing.\n\nThe BBC contacted the company behind the display, Yihang Bailu, whose media manager admitted that it was filmed on 28 December.\n\nThe manager said it had been arranged by local TV station Shanghai Dragon Television \"to ensure the global live broadcasting effect\".\n\nIt also emerged that local authorities had also posted on their official social media accounts on 30 December that there would be \"no New Year Eve celebration activity\" on The Bund this year.\n\nNew Year Fireworks: The world welcomes 2020\n\nHowever some people appeared not to mind that the Shanghai footage was not entirely as advertised.\n\nComments defending the move on the China's CCTV news agency's YouTube page said it did not matter when it took place, it was still an impressive show.\n\nOthers said it was a responsible move, to prevent possible injuries or overcrowding.\n\nShanghai has held muted New Year events ever since a stampede in 2014 left nearly 40 people dead in crushes.\n\nPre-recording highly choreographed drones is not entirely new.\n\nAnd a dramatic sequence of fireworks crossing Beijing like footsteps during the 2008 Olympics was also faked for TV audiences.","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	3 January 2020 Reuters The choreographed New Year display actually happened a few days earlier A spectacular drone display in Shanghai to mark the start of the new year did not actually happen at New Year, it has emerged. The display of thousands of drones flying in formation over the city was widely covered by global media. But people who were at the event on New Year's Eve have said they saw nothing. The company behind the display has confirmed to the BBC that the footage broadcast around the world was actually from a practice run on 28 December. Footage of the impressive display was released to the world's media by China's state-run media. Allow Google YouTube content? This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read and before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’ . The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Google YouTube content may contain adverts. It shows 2,000 drones taking off against the dramatic skyline of Shanghai's Pudong district, then creating firework shapes, an animated running man figures and then spelling out 2020 and Chinese characters in the sky. The video was picked up by the world's media and widely hailed as a futuristic and low-pollution alternative to traditional fireworks. "This blows my mind because it's 100% Chinese fake news. We stood outside last night for a show that never happened," one person, Patrick Cox, said on Twitter. One video purportedly of midnight on New Year's Eve shows the lights over the Pudong district going out, only to come back on again a few moments later with no drones appearing. The BBC contacted the company behind the display, Yihang Bailu, whose media manager admitted that it was filmed on 28 December. The manager said it had been arranged by local TV station Shanghai Dragon Television "to ensure the global live broadcasting effect". It also emerged that local authorities had also posted on their official social media accounts on 30 December that there would be "no New Year Eve celebration activity" on The Bund this year. New Year Fireworks: The world welcomes 2020 However some people appeared not to mind that the Shanghai footage was not entirely as advertised. Comments defending the move on the China's CCTV news agency's YouTube page said it did not matter when it took place, it was still an impressive show. Others said it was a responsible move, to prevent possible injuries or overcrowding. Shanghai has held muted New Year events ever since a stampede in 2014 left nearly 40 people dead in crushes. Pre-recording highly choreographed drones is not entirely new. And a dramatic sequence of fireworks crossing Beijing like footsteps during the 2008 Olympics was also faked for TV audiences.
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The display of thousands of drones flying in formation over the city was widely covered by global media. But people who were at the event on New Year's Eve have said they saw nothing. The company behind the display has confirmed to the BBC that the footage broadcast around the world was actually from a practice run on 28 December. Footage of the impressive display was released to the world's media by China's state-run media. #### Allow Google YouTube content? This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read [Google’s cookie policy](https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies) and [privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. Accept and continue The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Google YouTube content may contain adverts. It shows 2,000 drones taking off against the dramatic skyline of Shanghai's Pudong district, then creating firework shapes, an animated running man figures and then spelling out 2020 and Chinese characters in the sky. The video was picked up by the world's media and widely hailed as a futuristic and low-pollution alternative to traditional fireworks. [But as local English news site The Shanghaiist reported](https://shanghai.ist/2020/01/02/shanghais-new-years-eve-drone-show-spectacular-didnt-actually-happen/), people who were watching from the riverside area The Bund across from Pudong "say they didn't see anything in the night sky. No drones. No nothing". "This blows my mind because it's 100% Chinese fake news. We stood outside last night for a show that never happened," one person, Patrick Cox, said on Twitter. Shanghaiist noted that [one video posted on 29 December appeared to show exactly the same display.](https://www.weibo.com/2256231983/ImY6Cnabk?refer_flag=1001030103_&type=comment) One video purportedly of midnight on New Year's Eve shows the lights over the Pudong district going out, only to come back on again a few moments later with no drones appearing. The BBC contacted the company behind the display, Yihang Bailu, whose media manager admitted that it was filmed on 28 December. The manager said it had been arranged by local TV station Shanghai Dragon Television "to ensure the global live broadcasting effect". It also emerged that local authorities had also posted on their official social media accounts on 30 December that there would be "no New Year Eve celebration activity" on The Bund this year. New Year Fireworks: The world welcomes 2020 However some people appeared not to mind that the Shanghai footage was not entirely as advertised. Comments defending the move on the China's CCTV news agency's YouTube page said it did not matter when it took place, it was still an impressive show. Others said it was a responsible move, to prevent possible injuries or overcrowding. Shanghai has held muted New Year events ever since a stampede in 2014 left nearly 40 people dead in crushes. Pre-recording highly choreographed drones is not entirely new. In 2018, it was confirmed that TV viewers of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in South Korea were [shown a "secretly pre-recorded" drone display, because of the risk of freezing weather and winds causing disruption on the night.](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/43016799) And a dramatic sequence of fireworks crossing Beijing like footsteps during the 2008 Olympics was also faked for TV audiences. 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Readable Markdown	3 January 2020 ![Reuters Drone display over Shanghai](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/3257/production/_110378821_d9dadae9-f446-4503-a9ea-b9103e70bff9.jpg.webp)Reuters The choreographed New Year display actually happened a few days earlier A spectacular drone display in Shanghai to mark the start of the new year did not actually happen at New Year, it has emerged. The display of thousands of drones flying in formation over the city was widely covered by global media. But people who were at the event on New Year's Eve have said they saw nothing. The company behind the display has confirmed to the BBC that the footage broadcast around the world was actually from a practice run on 28 December. Footage of the impressive display was released to the world's media by China's state-run media. #### Allow Google YouTube content? This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read and before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Google YouTube content may contain adverts. It shows 2,000 drones taking off against the dramatic skyline of Shanghai's Pudong district, then creating firework shapes, an animated running man figures and then spelling out 2020 and Chinese characters in the sky. The video was picked up by the world's media and widely hailed as a futuristic and low-pollution alternative to traditional fireworks. "This blows my mind because it's 100% Chinese fake news. We stood outside last night for a show that never happened," one person, Patrick Cox, said on Twitter. One video purportedly of midnight on New Year's Eve shows the lights over the Pudong district going out, only to come back on again a few moments later with no drones appearing. The BBC contacted the company behind the display, Yihang Bailu, whose media manager admitted that it was filmed on 28 December. The manager said it had been arranged by local TV station Shanghai Dragon Television "to ensure the global live broadcasting effect". It also emerged that local authorities had also posted on their official social media accounts on 30 December that there would be "no New Year Eve celebration activity" on The Bund this year. New Year Fireworks: The world welcomes 2020 However some people appeared not to mind that the Shanghai footage was not entirely as advertised. Comments defending the move on the China's CCTV news agency's YouTube page said it did not matter when it took place, it was still an impressive show. Others said it was a responsible move, to prevent possible injuries or overcrowding. Shanghai has held muted New Year events ever since a stampede in 2014 left nearly 40 people dead in crushes. Pre-recording highly choreographed drones is not entirely new. And a dramatic sequence of fireworks crossing Beijing like footsteps during the 2008 Olympics was also faked for TV audiences.
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