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TEHRAN, October 26 - Taking a page from the U.S. president's own playbook, China on Thursday denounced a U.S. newspaper report that it is listening to Donald Trump's phone calls as "fake news," and suggested he exchange his iPhone for a cellphone made by Chinese manufacturer Huawei.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying did not provide any evidence or cite any specifics in her dismissal of the report in The New York Times. China tightly censors domestic media and routinely rejects critical foreign media reporting about the ruling Communist Party as biased or fabricated.
Hua told reporters that the journalists behind the report "are sparing no efforts to win the Academy Award for best screenplay."
"Firstly, The New York Times should know that such a report just provides another piece of evidence that The New York Times is making fake news," Hua said.
In accusing the newspaper of fabricating news, Hua echoed language used by Trump, who has often accused the New York Times of making up stories.
"Secondly, I suggest they replace their iPhone with Huawei ones if they are really concerned about security issues," Hua said.
Source: AP
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