Election Meddling
Coverage of Election Meddling in the Nexus archive.
- China-US talks ahead of Xi Jinping’s planned September visit ‘maintained’: Beijing
China and the US have maintained communication regarding leader exchanges this year, according to Beijing. The Chinese foreign ministry stated that arrangements for heads of state interactions later this year are ongoing, despite U.S. concerns about election meddling allegations.
- Trump’s Chinese interference claims ‘reveal huge crisis facing American democracy’
President Donald Trump's claims about Chinese interference in elections have been described as revealing a 'huge crisis' in American democracy by a Beijing-based political scientist. Zheng Yongnian, a prominent adviser to Beijing, characterized the claims as campaign rhetoric for November’s midterms and suggested Washington should focus on domestic reforms rather than blaming China.
- China rejects Trump’s election meddling claims as ‘fabricated’ and ‘slanderous’
China has rejected President Donald Trump's claims that it meddled in US elections, calling the allegations 'fabricated' and 'slanderous'. Trump accused China of compromising election data, prompting a sharp response from Beijing.
- Meddling and the midterms
The article discusses a weekly podcast analyzing concerns about Donald Trump's potential to meddle in or rig the November 2020 U.S. midterm elections, focusing on election integrity and political interference.