China calls Trump's claims of election interference 'malicious slander... has never interfered'
2025.10.30 handbrother@yna.co.kr Correspondent Jeong Seong-jo = As U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that China extensively interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, which he lost in his reelection bid, China dismissed this as 'malicious slander.'
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2025.10.30 handbrother@yna.co.kr (Beijing=Yonhap News) Special correspondent Jeong Seong-jo = As U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that China extensively interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in which he failed to win re-election, China dismissed this as 'malicious slander.'. Lin Jian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a regular briefing on the 17th that "the relevant remarks by the United States are purely fabricated, malicious slander, and baseless words that have been proven false," adding that "China has always adhered to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, and has neither interest in nor interfered with the US presidential election.".
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2025.10.30 handbrother@yna.co.kr (Beijing=Yonhap News) Special correspondent Jeong Seong-jo = As U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that China extensively interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in which he failed to win re-election, China dismissed this as 'malicious slander.'
reliability low1/3 sourcesLin Jian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a regular briefing on the 17th that "the relevant remarks by the United States are purely fabricated, malicious slander, and baseless words that have been proven false," adding that "China has always adhered to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, and has neither interest in nor interfered with the US presidential election."
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On the 18th, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized in a regular briefing that 'China has always adhered to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, and has neither interest in nor interfered with the U.S. presidential election,' adding that 'it is purely fabricated, malicious slander, and has long been proven to be absurd.'
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Lin Jian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a regular briefing on the 17th that "the relevant remarks by the United States are purely fabricated, malicious slander, and baseless words that have been proven false," adding that "China has always adhered to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, and has neither interest in nor interfered with the US presidential election."
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