China rejects Trump’s election meddling claims as ‘fabricated’ and ‘slanderous’

China rejects Trump’s election meddling claims as ‘fabricated’ and ‘slanderous’ The president has been making similar accusations for years, claiming China wanted him to lose against his Democratic rivals The allegations are “entirely fabricated, maliciously slanderous and have long been proven completely groundless”, foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said Friday. In a prime-time national address on Thursday, Trump accused Beijing of carrying out the “largest compromise of election data in history” and influencing American business leaders and journalists to “turn against” him. Trump also alleged that China had paid US journalists to write negative articles about his administration during his first term. Lin reiterated China’s principle of non-interference, stating that the country had no interest in meddling in US domestic affairs and had never done so.