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Beijing Blasts Pence’s Speech on ‘Chinese Meddling’

Beijing Blasts Pence’s Speech on ‘Chinese Meddling’
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China slammed the US Vice President’s attack on its domestic and foreign policies as a total “slander” and a “very ridiculous” attempt by Washington to shift focus from its own meddling and infringement on others’ sovereignty.

Mike Pence was “speaking on hearsay evidence, confusing right and wrong and creating something out of thin air,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Friday, condemning the speech by the US second in command at the Hudson Institute on Thursday.

“Any malicious slander on China is futile,” the statement said.

Amid unprecedented tensions between the two nations, Pence accused China of trying to influence the midterm elections to the extent that all the efforts perpetually undertaken by malicious Russian actors to obfuscate American minds and undermine US democracy “pales” in comparison.

He also challenged Beijing’s vision for the Chinese people’s future, noting that Taiwan’s “embrace of democracy” shows a “better path” for the entire Asian nation.

Despite recently exchanged tit-for-tat tariffs targeting $260 billion worth of bilaterally traded goods and Washington's newly introduced sanctions on the Chinese military for buying Russian fighter jets and missiles, China said it remains committed to working with Washington as long as it's done with “mutual respect.”

“We urge the US to correct its wrongdoing, stop groundlessly accusing and slandering China and harming China's interests and China-US ties, and take concrete actions to maintain the sound and steady development of China-US relations,” the statement concluded.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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