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

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Chinese officials called the election-meddling accusation baseless, while analysts said Beijing was trying to preserve a fragile détente. Beijing has sharply dismissed President Donald Trump’s allegations that China has interfered in US elections, mirroring its strong reaction to similar accusations he has made over the years. 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...

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