China rejects Trump election interference accusations as 'inventions'

China has categorically rejected recent accusations by US President Donald Trump that Beijing interfered in the 2020 US elections, calling them "pure inventions" and "malicious slander." The exchange risks straining the fragile detente between the two superpowers, which had seen recent high-level visits.

Trump's accusations

In a televised address, Trump alleged that China stole 220 million voter records from 18 US states, calling it "the largest electoral data leak in history." He claimed the data included names, addresses, phone numbers, and political preferences, and urged new voting restrictions Source: abc.es. Trump also suggested Venezuela could manipulate US voting machines Source: emol.cl. These allegations mirror his long-standing, unproven claims of fraud in the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden Source: excelsiormx.

China's response

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian dismissed the charges as baseless. "These are pure fabrications and malicious slander that have long been proven to be unfounded," he said Source: infobae.com. Lin reiterated that China has "no interest in US elections" and has never interfered Source: excelsiormx. He called on Washington to "reflect on its own actions" and stop using China as a campaign issue Source: emol.cl. Notably, he added that the international community knows "who habitually interferes in other countries' internal affairs" Source: abc.es.