‘China is interfering in America’s presidential election’, Blinken alleged after three-day visit to Beijing
The US Secretary of State said that during his visit to China, he reiterated President Joe Biden’s message which he gave during the summit in San Francisco in November last year. He had urged not to interfere in the 2024 presidential elections.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s three-day visit to China has concluded. Along with this, Blinken said that his country has seen evidence of Chinese efforts to influence and interfere in the upcoming US elections, while President Xi Jinping had earlier committed not to do so. This information has been given in a media report.
Blinken gave an interview to CNN on Friday, in which he talked about his visit to China. The US Secretary of State said he reiterated President Joe Biden’s message to Xi Jinping during their summit in San Francisco in November last year. He had urged not to interfere in the 2024 presidential elections. After this China had promised not to do so.
Asked whether China has violated its commitments so far, Blinken said, we have seen evidence of efforts to influence and interfere in the election and we want to make sure that is brought to an end as quickly as possible. . He said, we are seeing China’s interference in our elections and it is completely unacceptable.
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‘The purpose of stopping the installation of computing chips is not to stop China’s development’
Blinken said that the ban on sending advanced computing chips to China is not intended to stop China’s economy or technological development. The US government has banned the export of some computing chips to China from 2022, affecting sales of companies like Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Intel. The move led to a ban on chip shipments to Huawei Technologies. Despite these restrictions, the US has allowed Intel and Qualcomm to sell chips to Huawei.
