👤 Fran Lu

29 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
29
2026-08-24 – 2026-11-02
Claims per article
5
154 extracted in total
Hedged claims
7%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
902
characters
Writes for South China Morning Post.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Education
31%
Other
24%
Entertainment
17%
Crime & Law
10%
Health
10%
Politics
3%
Most-tagged topics
ChinaChineseShanghaiCentral South UniversityHenanJiangsu provinceShandongZhejiang province

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.09 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-11-02 · South China Morning Post · Education
Millions in China moved by student who quit school to care for seriously ill mother
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-11-01 · South China Morning Post · Entertainment
At 97, China’s first female conductor still performs in public, wowing audiences
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-31 · South China Morning Post · Other
How ancient Chinese stayed cosy using gadgets found in classical literature, historic artwork
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-30 · South China Morning Post · Other
What’s the true worth behind Chinese phrase ‘carrying 10,000 strings of cash around the waist’
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-30 · South China Morning Post · Other
Kindness returned: Chinese woman helped disabled man 8 years ago, now gets financial aid
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-28 · South China Morning Post · Education
Chinese student encouraged by farm owner enrols in master’s programme 6 years later
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-08-24 · South China Morning Post
China PhD student famous for Christopher Nolan interview accused of widespread plagiarism
🔮 The video interview’s rapid success placed the 29-year-old woman in the spotlight, but she later expressed her willingness to “quit the Internet anytime” in an interview with the Chinese media outlet New Weekly if “my fame begins to consume my time.” assertive
2026-09-20 · South China Morning Post
Chinese Good Samaritan arrested for manslaughter after kindness leads to fatal accident
🔮 Online community in China is heart-wrenched over a driver’s goodwill in pulling a rope across a road as a warning sign, which ultimately took the life of a passer-by. assertive
2026-10-16 · South China Morning Post
Chinese fugitive poses as dead twin brother for 2 decades exposed by sibling’s ex-lover
🔮 Chinese fugitive poses as dead twin brother for 2 decades exposed by sibling’s ex-lover At his arrest, Chen was leading an ordinary life under a false name, confident his ruse would keep him hidden A Chinese fugitive who posed as his deceased twin brother for 19 years was recently arrested after his late brother’s ex-girlfriend identified him. In 2002, a robbery took place in Yuhuan, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. assertive
2026-10-30 · South China Morning Post
Kindness returned: Chinese woman helped disabled man 8 years ago, now gets financial aid
🔮 In 2018, Wang Shuming, from China’s eastern Shandong province, posted a video saying he had no money and could not afford food. mixed
2026-10-30 · South China Morning Post
What’s the true worth behind Chinese phrase ‘carrying 10,000 strings of cash around the waist’
🔮 But how much was a string of cash, and what could one buy in ancient China? assertive
2026-11-02 · South China Morning Post
Millions in China moved by student who quit school to care for seriously ill mother
🔮 Cao Feng, a graduating student at Yuwang Secondary School in central China’s Anhui province, recently decided to give up her place at university so she could care for her mother, who is hospitalised in Shanghai. mixed
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first. Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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