
China on Wednesday denied US President Donald Trump's claims that it was meddling in the US mid-term elections by taking aim at his political base in their escalating trade war.
"Anyone who has some knowledge of China's diplomacy will know that we will not interfere in other countries' domestic affairs," foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular press briefing.
"We don't want others to interfere in our domestic politics, and we will not interfere in the domestic politics of others."
On Tuesday Donald Trump made a series of early-morning tweets in which he accused China of "actively trying to impact and change our election".
"China has openly stated that they are actively trying to impact and change our election by attacking our farmers, ranchers and industrial workers because of their loyalty to me," Trump said.
"What China does not understand is that these people are great patriots and fully understand that China has been taking advantage of the United States on Trade for many years," Trump added.
Trump also said that he was "the one" to stop it.
The US is headed to mid-term elections in November.
Most US investigative agencies have come to the conclusion that Russia had meddled in the 2016 US presidential elections which brought Trump to power. Trump, however, while cosying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has generally said otherwise.
He is on the other hand currently embroiled in a full-blown trade war with China.