China denied interference in the US elections, calling the issue an, ‘internal matter’ for the US. The statement stemmed from a recent address by US President Donald Trump who in his speech accused China of undertaking “the largest compromise of election data in history”. He marked a sharp departure from the more respectful recent comments towards Beijing, which Washington regards as its biggest international rival.
China’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the speech. However, a spokesperson for China’s Embassy prior to Trumps address refuted the claims, saying the country adheres to “the principle of non-interference in other’s internal affairs”. “The US election is an internal matter of the US. Its outcome is determined by the votes of the American people,” the statement said. “China has never and will never interfere in the presidential elections of the US.”
Trump last October rolled back the recently imposed triple digit tarrif on China in 2025 amid fears that Beijing’s retaliatory block on rare-earth metal exports could hobble U.S. manufacturing. However, despite strained ties Xi hosted Trump for a lavish state visit in May, during which Trump soft-pedaled disputes over Taiwan and called Xi a “friend”.
He later invited his Chinese counterpart to Washington while revelaed his plans to attend Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November in China’s Shenzhen.
China however, has not confirmed Xi’ visit but maintained that future meetings between the leaders will depend on maintaining positive relations, according to two people familiar with those conversations.
This was not thr first time, Trump made such allegations against Xi’s nation and election interference, which he used as a justification for his 2020 defeat to Joe Biden claiming it was rigged against him. Trump officials said publicly during his first administration that Chinese hackers were targeting election infrastructure ahead of the 2020 vote.
According to a 2021 U.S. intelligence community assessment, no indications that any foreign actor, including China, attempted or succeeded in altering “any technical aspect” of the 2020 presidential election vote, including voter registrations, ballots, tabulations or results.
The Democrats like always have criticised the president of re-litigating old, baseless grievances about the 2020 elections instead of focusing on issues that matter to voters.
While these remarks complicate the fragile truce with Chinese leader Xi Jinping just two months before a planned summit in Washington, it remains to see how the it will affect the world two biggest economies.