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South China Morning Post (HK) · the top story · first seen · 09:12 in Hong Kong

Cities release renewal plans as clock ticks on China’s commercial land leases

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The record

Outlet
South China Morning Post (HK) (scmp)
Position
The top story
First seen
2026-10-11 01:12 UTC · 09:12 in Hong Kong
Last seen
2026-10-11 03:12 UTC · 11:12 in Hong Kong · 13 polls · on the page for 1 h 59 min · as of now, not part of the record
Story URL
https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3370350/clock-ticks-chinas-commercial-land-leases-renewal-plans-allay-investors-concerns?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage
SHA-256
fda3fb9d2cb71d449214044ea77791e75e08358211554089dd8d5d9d461bce9c

The story

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The front page

South China Morning Post (HK)’s front page, as this site’s machine pictured it from the page kept 2026-10-11 01:12 UTC · 09:12 in Hong Kong, with this headline (the top story) outlined in red

The page this site kept · 09:12 in Hong Kong, when the poller read this headline, as this site’s own machine pictured it from the live page. The red outline is this headline, the top story, where that machine found it.

Shown here until , then taken off this site and kept by the operator. A picture removed on request is deleted at once. SHA-256 f573bf4d8837a4580a7d9d56a6d144e4a16598cd2b2677a0900ec0dff3114e28, listed in manifest #1255 (the manifest, its receipt), confirmed in Bitcoin block 970855.

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Proof, and how to check it yourself

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

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SHA-256
fda3fb9d2cb71d449214044ea77791e75e08358211554089dd8d5d9d461bce9c

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970855, mined 2026-10-11 01:40 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-fda3fb9d2cb7.json prints fda3fb9d2cb71d449214044ea77791e75e08358211554089dd8d5d9d461bce9c. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-fda3fb9d2cb7.json and headline-fda3fb9d2cb7.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-fda3fb9d2cb7.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.
  4. If someone shows you this front page as it was, hash it: sha256sum prints 1656ed89d64b2c4fe788e9214135353e6bfc8fa3b0a8a3b1047f4689ffb29104 for the page this site kept 2026-10-11 01:12 UTC. The hash is a line of manifest #1254, and the manifest's receipt proves the manifest existed by Bitcoin block 970855: with both saved, ots verify manifest-1254.txt.ots.
  5. If someone shows you this site’s picture of that page (the Wayback Machine’s copy of this record page may hold it), hash it: sha256sum prints f573bf4d8837a4580a7d9d56a6d144e4a16598cd2b2677a0900ec0dff3114e28. That hash is a line of manifest #1255, beside the hash of the page it pictures, and the manifest’s receipt proves when it existed.