In response to a US plot to smear Chinese businesses in Zimbabwe at the cost of $1,000 per fake news report, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian says the international communities including the African countries have a clear understanding of the massive false information spread by the US and urged the US to do more practical work for African people.
The US plot undermining Chinese investment in Zimbabwe by smearing Chinese businesses was exposed in an article published on September 21 by Zimbabwe’s largest daily newspaper The Herald. Each story, which portrays Chinese business as “unethical, reckless, without values” attracted an $1,000 fee paid by the US, the report said.
In Zimbabwe, $1,000 can help fund a poor student or buy 100 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. This is a serious matter if the US government is indeed hiring an “army” to spread rumors, as reported by local media, Zhao said during a regular press conference on Friday.
The US has been resorted to extreme measures to discredit China and damage China-Africa relations, even paying to spread lies, Zhao said.
