Liu Chang, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the US, said China does not interfere in anyone's affairs.
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US President Donald Trump has reiterated his claim that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. This time, he claimed that he was defeated due to a Chinese conspiracy. .
In a special televised address on Thursday night, Trump claimed that newly released secret documents confirmed foreign interference. However, US intelligence agencies had previously concluded that there was no such interference.
Trump accused China of illegally collecting the personal information of 220 million American voters for years. He accused China of interfering in the 2018 midterm elections and the 2020 presidential election to defeat Republicans and tarnish his image.
Trump has been alleging that the 2020 election results were stolen. Inspired by his claim, on January 6, 2021, his supporters on Capitol Hill (the US Parliament building) caused violence.
He is currently pushing for the passage of a strict voter ID law. His supporters have dubbed it the 'Save America Act'.
The law aims to impose stricter ID rules on voters and increase federal government interference in elections. Although it passed the lower house, the bill has been stalled in the upper house (Senate) due to opposition from senators from the opposition Democratic Party.
Trump is preparing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in September. Relations between the two countries, which have become very tense due to the trade war that Trump started, had deteriorated somewhat after Trump visited Beijing in mid-May. Xi is scheduled to visit Washington in September.
Official report and Trump's report differ
An official US intelligence report released in 2021 stated that China was considering trying to interfere in the 2020 election. However, the report concluded that there was no interference. However, the report mentions that countries including Russia and Iran attempted to interfere.
The documents released by Trump were prepared during the tenure of then-Director of Intelligence John Ratcliffe.
These documents showed that China had been trying to collect information on American voters and political parties since 2008. However, the final report concluded that China had not taken any active steps to influence the election results.
The final report concluded that since the information on American voters and political parties is publicly available, it is not possible to change the election results using it. However, such data can be used to predict the election results.
What does China say?
Liu Chang, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the US, has strongly refuted Trump's allegations. He said that China does not interfere in anyone's affairs.
‘The US election is an internal matter of the US and its outcome is determined by the vote of the American people,’ Chang said, ‘China has never interfered in the US presidential election and will not do so in the future.’
Democratic Senator Mark Warner responded that Trump’s statements were ‘completely false.’ He said that Trump was repeating old and repeatedly debunked claims for his own political purposes.
He interpreted Trump’s move as a conspiracy to influence the midterm elections in November 2026 and reduce public confidence in the US electoral system.
Which countries interfered in the US election?
A detailed investigation by US intelligence agencies in 2021 concluded that various countries were involved in the 2020 election. But it stated that China did not interfere.
According to the report, Russian government agencies, under the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin, conducted a campaign to influence the US election. Its main objectives were to weaken Biden's election campaign, build support for Trump, reduce public trust in the electoral process, and further increase political division.
The investigation has shown that Iran has secretly tried to weaken Trump's electoral chances. The report also mentions that the Hezbollah group in Cuba, Venezuela, and Lebanon have also made "small-scale" efforts to influence the US election.
Although US intelligence agencies did not mention Brazil by name, an analysis by the investigative organization 'Agenzia Publica' revealed a different fact.
According to the analysis, thousands of tweets in favor of Trump were trending from Brazil during the 2020 election. These tweets spread conspiracy theories that the election was rigged.
The organization stated that Trump's staunch allies and supporters of then-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, as well as automated accounts (bots), played a key role in these campaigns.
