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Furious Donald Trump accuses China of meddling with this year’s US mid-term elections as Chinese minister shakes head in disbelief at UN summit
A CHINESE minister shook his head in disbelief after Donald Trump sensationally accused the country of meddling in the US mid-term elections today.
While chairing a UN Security Council meeting, he said China "do not want him to win" because he is the first US president to challenge them on trade.
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He said: "Regrettably, we found that China has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election. Against my administration."
Chinese minister Wang Yi was seen shrugging, then shaking his head, as Trump made the claims without providing any evidence to support them.
Wang Yi responded by saying: "China has all along supported the policy of non-interference in others affairs.
"We did not and will not interfere in any country's internal affairs and we refuse to accept any allegation of interference."
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He added: "And we are winning on trade, we are winning at every level. We don't want them to meddle or interfere in our upcoming election."
American intelligence officials have said previously that other nations could opt to try and copy Russia's playbook of meddling in the 2016 presidential race.
But Trump's comments today appear to confirm that Beijing is actively interfering now.
The former Apprentice host himself is not up for re-election until 2020 but November's voting will decide whether his Republican Party can keep control of the US House of Representatives and the Senate.
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All 435 seats in the US House of Representatives, along with 35 Senate seats, will be contested in the crucial mid-term elections on November 6.
The Republican has launched a trade war against China imposing tariffs on Chinese goods after claiming the Asian powerhouse is "ripping off" the United States.
Brash New Yorker Trump says the communist country doesn't want him or the Republicans "to win because I am the first president ever to challenge China on trade."
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During a roughly 10-minute speech, Trump made no reference to allegations that Russia meddled in the 2016 race that brought him to power.
The allegations have dogged his presidency and have given rise to an investigation by former FBI boss Robert Mueller into potential collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign.
In July at a summit in Helsinki, the US President accepted Russian leader Vladimir Putin's denials and the billionaire has repeatedly described the probe into the interference as a political witch hunt.
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