Provenance Record

Round-1 findings cleanly addressed. Headline, summary, Overview, and What We Know all rebuilt around the verifiable timeline (Dec 30 2025 announcement → Jan 2026 MOFCOM assessment → April 27/28 NDRC unwind order). 'Singapore-washing' framing now correctly attributed to Fortune.

{"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/27/meta-manus-china-blocks-acquisition-ai-startup.html":"Round-1 verification still applies. The MOFCOM January 2026 assessment language ('export controls, technology import and export, and overseas investment') and Xiao Hong/Ji Yichao exit ban verified.","https://fortune.com/2026/04/28/china-blocks-meta-manus-deal-ai/":"source-1.html — verified for: $2 billion deal value, 'complied fully with applicable law' Meta quote, investors 'shrugged off' framing, 'Singapore-washing' (3 mentions, including the analyst attribution and a hyperlink to a Fortune explainer at fortune.com/2026/03/09/singapore-washing-us-china-shein-manus/), Manus shutting down China operations.","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manus_(AI_agent)":"source-2.html — verified for: 'company maintained offices in Beijing and Wuhan' (now correctly used by the article instead of the false 'incorporated in Beijing' claim), founded in 2022 by Xiao Hong, Singapore relocation, U.S. Treasury OISP review.","https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/12/30/tech-giant-meta-buys-chinese-founded-ai-firm-manus":"Round-1 verification still applies. Meta's 'across our consumer and business products, including in Meta AI' quote, 80M virtual computers, $100M ARR all verified."}

All claims verified. The new framing aligns with what the sources actually say.

APPROVE. Both round-1 findings cleanly addressed. The rewrite is tighter than the round-1 version and correctly anchors the editorial framing (Singapore-washing, four-month investigation) to language and structure that's actually present in the cited sources.