Beijing accuses US of spreading ‘disinformation’
China has accused the US of spreading ‘disinformation’ after officials warned that Russia has reached out to Beijing for help over Vladimir Putin’s faltering invasion of Ukraine.
Zhao Lijian, spokesman for Beijing’s foreign ministry, said today that America is ‘targeting China on the Ukraine issue with malicious intentions’ after US officials said Putin’s apparatchiks had requested military supplies and aid to prop up his ill-thought-out war.
Jake Sullivan, US national security adviser who is due to meet his Chinese counterparts in Rome today, had warned Beijing of ‘consequences’ if it tries to ‘bail out’ Putin – including providing economic relief for punishing sanctions imposed on the Russian economy.