It’s a fake photo that shows Miley kneeling in front of Xi Jinping Real or fake

A photo has spread on social media showing Argentine President Javier Miley, who was recently inaugurated, kneeling before Chinese President Xi Jinping. forged.

One version of the fake caption accompanying the photo reads: “The one kneeling before the President of China (yes, Communist China) is the President of Argentina“.

This claim is incorrect. A search for the original shows that the photo that supposedly shows Miley kneeling in front of the President of China is not real.

An image circulating online is a new, manipulated version of an image that has been circulating online since March 2023.

The original photo reportedly shows Russian President Vladimir Putin kneeling in front of Xi Jinping. The content contains aspects common to AI-generated images, such as blurred hands, disproportionate body limbs, and shoes.

AI detectors indicate a high probability that this older content is not real as well.

See the comparison between the two pictures:

The false photo was circulated in the first days after Miley’s inauguration, without any reliable record of a personal meeting between him and the Chinese president. Although Miley promised during the election campaign to cut ties with China, he reached out to Xi Jinping upon taking office by mail He called for the release of a $5 billion deal negotiated by the previous government.