Beijing Responds to Trump’s Covert CIA Operation Targeting China

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China's foreign ministry has accused the U.S. of "spreading rumors" in response to a recent revelation about former President Donald Trump authorizing a covert influence operation targeting Beijing. "Concocting and spreading rumors will only get one lose credibility faster. Spreading disinformation cannot inhibit China's progress but will only discredit the U.S.," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said during the daily press briefing on Friday. Newsweek contacted China's Embassy in Washington, D.C., which pointed to the official response of China's foreign ministry in a reply to the email. "It has also once again shown that the U.S. has spread China-related...