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Proof: China returns to top 100 in gender parity ranking for first time since 2016

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T04:12:17Z","headline":"China returns to top 100 in gender parity ranking for first time since 2016","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"scmp","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3369621/china-returns-top-100-gender-parity-ranking-first-time-2016?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage","v":1}

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SHA-256

25ea8626384bcde7c8a438f21114f876aabe6f26cd75a602affb8704351513dc

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969674, mined 2026-10-03 04:28 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 04:40 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 04:40 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-25ea8626384b.json prints 25ea8626384bcde7c8a438f21114f876aabe6f26cd75a602affb8704351513dc. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-25ea8626384b.json and headline-25ea8626384b.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-25ea8626384b.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 5 min after it was first seen.