China dismisses Trump claim that Chinese companies gave 'a lot of money' to Joe Biden's son

Record ID: 1435153

  • Title: China dismisses Trump claim that Chinese companies gave 'a lot of money' to Joe Biden's son
  • Date: 4th October 2019
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 30, 2019) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN GENG SHUANG ARRIVING FOR REGULAR NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN GENG SHUANG, WHEN ASKED ABOUT ALLEGATIONS FROM U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THAT BUSINESSES OWNED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT GAVE $1.5 BILLION TO HUNTER BIDEN, SAYING: "The relevant statement is entirely a case of chasing the wind and clutching at shadows." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING CHINESE FLAG FLYING
  • Embargoed: 18th October 2019 06:24
  • Keywords: Trade war Geng Shuang impeachment China Joe Biden Chinese foreign ministry Ukraine Hunter Biden Biden
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001AZOJWP3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:China earlier this week dismissed accusations from U.S. President Donald Trump last month that Chinese government-owned companies had previously given large amounts of money to Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden.
    Speaking at a regular news conference on Monday (September 30) in Beijing Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said such an allegation was "entirely a case of chasing the wind and clutching at shadows."
    Trump on Thursday (Oct. 3) again invited foreign interference in a U.S. presidential election by publicly calling on China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, the kind of request that has already triggered an impeachment inquiry in Congress. The Republican president said he believed both China and Ukraine should look into 2020 presidential hopeful Biden and his businessman son Hunter, and described the impeachment probe as "crap."
    Trump's appeal to China was particularly striking, since Washington and Beijing are locked in a bitter trade war that has damaged global economic growth. They are set to hold another round of talks in the United States next week.
    Hunter Biden was on the board of a Ukrainian gas company at a time when the United States and Europe were trying to woo Ukraine away from next-door-neighbor Russia. Some Republicans have criticized Biden for taking his son on the Air Force Two vice presidential plane in 2013 to China, where Hunter had business interests.
    Biden's deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said in a statement that Trump's comments on Thursday showed he was "desperately clutching for conspiracy theories that have been debunked." The House Intelligence Committee's chairman, Democrat Adam Schiff, accused Trump of "a fundamental breach of a president's oath of office" because of his China comment.
    (Production: Martin Pollard)
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