elections' also serve as a convenient scapegoat for U.S. intelligence officers as part of their cognitive and information warfare against China.Īccusations of 'Chinese intervention in U.S. It appears that camouflaging themselves as ordinary netizens and spreading rumors online is clearly a tactic employed by U.S. 'The CIA created a small team of operatives who used bogus internet identities to spread negative narratives' about the Chinese government 'while leaking disparaging intelligence to overseas news outlets,' the report said. Central Intelligence Agency launched a covert campaign on Chinese social media platforms aimed at manipulating public opinion within China to undermine its government. In a recent exclusive report, Reuters news agency revealed that in 2019, the U.S. Once more, the world witnesses the hypocritical spectacle of the thief accusing others of theft. The New York Times claimed in its report that social media accounts linked to China have engaged in such activities as 'promoting conspiracy theories, stoking domestic divisions and attacking President Biden ahead of the election in November.' Since the advent of the Internet era, the United States has become even more adept at using cyberspace to carry out 'influence campaigns' against other countries to achieve its foreign policy goals.

The recent claim from White House officials regarding expressing concerns to China about 'election interference' is a classic display of projecting suspicions onto others.įrom inciting 'color revolutions' to engaging in armed aggression, examples were abundant where the United States directly or indirectly interfered in the internal affairs of other countries. National Intelligence Council in a report released in March 2021. Moreover, during the 2020 presidential election campaign, Trump and his team persisted in hyping up allegations of Chinese 'interference.' Such claims were conclusively debunked as false by the U.S. This narrative was exemplified when then-President Donald Trump baselessly accused China of interference during a United Nations Security Council meeting on nuclear non-proliferation in September 2018, offering no evidence to support his claims. election cycles, both Republicans and Democrats have consistently propagated the Sinophobic narrative of 'Chinese election interference.' establishment, driven by an unfounded fear of China's growth. This American recurrent tactic not only aims to discredit China but also reveals a profound insecurity within the U.S. election.Ĭhina maintains a longstanding policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of other nations, including the United States. Microsoft also released a so-called report, claiming that China will use artificial intelligence to disrupt the U.S. We’re still digging into the numbers, and will continue to do so even after the House is called, so stay tuned for more coverage of unresolved races and analyses of what we’ve learned in the weeks to come.WASHINGTON, April 10 (Xinhua) - The New York Times recently quoted researchers and government officials who asserted that 'covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of former President Donald Trump,' purportedly aiming to sway the outcome of the November U.S. And finally, while almost 200 election deniers were on the ballot last week, those who won tended to be incumbent members of Congress who had voted against certifying some of the 2020 election results, rather than newcomers who aligned themselves with Trump’s stolen election narrative. We saw large splits between Senate and gubernatorial candidates of the same party, including four states (so far!) that elected candidates of different parties to those two positions. First, abortion played a big role in races up and down the ballot, from ballot measures to state legislative races to gubernatorial elections.

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