China has slammed the United States as a true empire of lies following a State Department report that accused Beijing of information manipulation.
Chinese foreign ministry said the report has disregarded facts. It added the agencies of the U-S State Department that produced the report were the source of false information and the command post of cognitive warfare. On Thursday, the State Department accused Beijing of manipulating global media through censorship, data harvesting and covert purchases of foreign news outlets. It claimed that China has hit major setbacks when targeting democratic countries, due to local media and civil society push-back. The report comes as Beijing accuses western media of trying to portray a negative image of China.