Trump’s Chinese interference claims ‘reveal huge crisis facing American democracy’

President Donald Trump’s latest diatribe against China over alleged election meddling has laid bare a “huge crisis” within America’s democratic system, a prominent adviser to Beijing has suggested.
Zheng Yongnian, a leading political scientist, said the claims were campaign rhetoric for November’s midterm elections and were unlikely to have a significant impact on the China-US relationship.
Instead of repeatedly shifting blame onto other countries, Washington should reflect on how to reform its...