China Miner Hoax: Article Saying Chinese Miner Cheung Wai Found Alive After 17 Years Underground Keeps Going On

In this July 6, 2010 file photo, workers use machinery to dig at a rare earth mine in Baiyunebo mining district of Baotou in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The World Trade Organization ruled Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in a case brought by the U.S., EU and Japan that China has violated international trade rules with its restrictions on exports of 17 “rare earths” and two other minerals that have key industrial and high-tech uses. (AP Photo, File) CHINA OUT

A fake news story saying Cheung Wai, a Chinese miner, was found after spending 17 years underground keeps going.

The article was published on World News Daily Report, which is “satire.”

A disclaimer reads, “World News Daily Report is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways. All news articles contained within worldnewsdailyreport.com are fiction, and presumably fake news. Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental, except for all references to politicians and/or celebrities, in which case they are based on real people, but still based almost entirely in fiction.”

However, a number of people apparently thought the story was real, as it was shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook.