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China rejects Trump's election interference claim as 'groundless accusations' 83%
By The Associated Press73%
7/17/2026, 8:49:00 AM
Topics: Elections, Foreign Relations
BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Burden of Proof, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 53.2% saturation with 116 hits. Analysis detected 528 faulty-reasoning hits from 218 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 75.1% and a BS Rank of 83% (3,082 of 17,415 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 82.30% of the article peer group.
BEIJING -- China on Friday said it has never interfered in U.S. elections and has no interest in doing so, urging Washington to stop making what it described as “groundless accusations” after President Donald Trump accused Beijing of meddling in the 2020 election.
In an address to the nation Thursday, Trump again raised doubts about the U.S. elections results in 2020 and accused China of interfering in them.
“The relevant allegations by the U.S. are entirely fabricated and aimed at vilifying China,” said China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian.
“We have no interest in interfering in US elections and have never done so.”
In a daily briefing in Beijing, Lin called on the U.S. to stop making groundless accusations against China.
Asked whether this might affect the expected visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the U.S. in September, the spokesperson replied: “As I just said, we urge the U.S. to stop making an issue of China in its elections and do something conducive to China-U.S. relations.”
Trump visited Beijing in mid-May and met with Xi, and both governments said they would adopt a new framework to manage the bilateral relations.
Trump invited Xi to visit the United States in September and Beijing confirmed Xi has accepted the invitation.
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