China urges US to stop spreading disinformation: spokesman

BEIJING: China urges the United States to stop spreading disinformation on the consensus reached during the China-U.S. economic and trade talks in Geneva, said Lin Jian, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday.

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China says it has upheld the Geneva consensus with the US based on mutual respect.
Beijing accuses Washington of false claims and harmful tech restrictions like chip bans.
China urges the US to stop coercion and take real steps to honor the agreement.

Lin made the statement in response to a media query about the allegations made by the U.S. in recent days to the effect that China violated the consensus by adopting so-called "negative actions."

"The Geneva consensus was reached on the basis of mutual respect and equal consultation between China and the U.S. China has diligently implemented the consensus in a responsible manner. However, the U.S. has, without any factual basis, smeared and accused China, while implementing extreme suppression measures, including chip export controls over China, halting sales of chip design software to China, and announcing the revocation of visas for Chinese students. These actions severely undermine the consensus and damage China's legitimate rights and interests. China firmly opposes this and has made solemn representations," he said.

"I want to stress again that pressuring and coercing China is not the correct way to engage with us. We urge the U.S. to respect the facts, stop spreading false information, correct its erroneous actions, and take concrete steps to maintain the consensus reached between our two sides," the spokesman continued.