An unverified report that Beijing was negotiating a secret deal with Pyongyang, published on Tuesday by the Washington Free Beacon, and syndicated by the Washington Times newspaper, has not gained much traction beyond that spattering of conservative American news outlets, garnering only a healthy dose of skepticism.
Not surprisingly, China was also not interested.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang responded Wednesday to a Chinese-language question on the report with two words – in English.
“Fake news,” Geng was quoted as saying in the official transcript of Wednesday’s regular press breifing. Next question, please.
The “top secret” document published in the report was purported to be from “a person who once had ties to the Chinese intelligence and security communities,” whatever that means, but the author also said he could not independently verify the document.
The question we posed yesterday is whether conservative media’s reporting of the document as newsworthy will pique Trump’s interest, regardless of its veracity. If the report was true, it makes Trump look like he was played like a fiddle, so he might be careful not to draw attention.
We might also see if the US president buys the “fake news” line — which he uses exclusively to lambast hostile liberal media — when it is used against conservative media supportive of his administration.
Nuclear threats "against the whole world"……interesting way to look at it…..
North korea is part of China like Israel to US
No
China can’t be trusted since then and until the end of time.That’s the way China operate same like Russia, they are good in front and always agree, but they will stab you if you turn your back.China and Russia are living in a fake word, fake attitude and fake human being.
Remember who started saying Fake News, first?
Low Shen-Cheang, be sincere in your analysis pls
CHINA WILL ALWAYS HELP NORTH KOREA CHINA WILL NOT SIT BY AN ALLOW NORH KOREA TO STARVE.NOT NOW OR EVER .
So the favorite word is Fake News but cameras don lie!
KinYong Wong "do"is POTUS?
It back fires! Crying "fake news" and a "Sara Sara" attitude to serious issues is taking root on a global scale.
Cameras may not lie but is the picture true or set up? North Korean leader may be crazy but do is POTUS.
Cameras don’t lie.
Peking, the home of the unelected Chinese regime, does NOT want to take responsibility for propping up, a crazy bad boy, who doesn’t feed his people and makes nuclear threats against the entire world.
This is the sort of behaviour which the Peking regime, aids and abets.
Well it’s out in the open now.
China’s ‘fake news’ is indeed representative of a fake regime.
So all this while you do know this is fake news.