China Scorecard True 0% 7 Checks Mostly True 0% 20 Checks Half True 0% 0 Checks Mostly False 0% 29 Checks False 0% 66 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 23 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for China Donald Trump stated on January 21, 2026 in remarks: In artificial intelligence, “We're leading China by a lot.” January 29, 2026 Donald Trump stated on July 8, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting: China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.” July 10, 2025 stated on May 5, 2025 in a CNN NewsNight episode: “China makes 80% of all toys” and “90% of all Christmas goods” sold in the U.S. May 9, 2025 TikTok posts stated on April 9, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok: “China cancela la venta de TikTok” y “a partir de finales de abril los usuarios estadounidenses tendrán que pagar una tarifa mensual obligatoria para seguir usando TikTok". By Maria Briceño • April 11, 2025 Instagram posts stated on January 3, 2025 in a post: China has “a mystery disease outbreak” and has declared a “state of emergency.” By Sara Swann • January 7, 2025 Social Media stated on December 30, 2024 in a post: Photo shows a large Temu warehouse in China “went up in flames.” By Sara Swann • January 3, 2025 Michigan Republican Party stated on October 8, 2024 in an X post: Elissa Slotkin “signed a secret agreement with a CCP-linked Chinese battery company.” By Caleb McCullough • October 17, 2024 Dave McCormick stated on August 25, 2024 in a TV ad: Sen. Bob Casey “voted to sell American oil to China.” By Caleb McCullough • August 28, 2024 Elissa Slotkin stated on August 9, 2024 in Meta ad: Mike Rogers “left Michigan to trade on his D.C. connections, helping Chinese tech companies get access to the U.S.” By Caleb McCullough • August 23, 2024 Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post: Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.” By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • May 17, 2024 Load More Latest Articles Year of the Lies: Farmer says some Trump tariff statements ‘as far from the truth as you can get’ • December 16, 2025 Biden’s big clemency move and a prisoner swap with China: Here are the facts • December 13, 2024 To ban or not to ban: Donald Trump’s and Joe Biden’s mixed messages on TikTok By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Samantha Putterman • June 13, 2024 Are there really Chinese sleeper cells operating in the U.S.? By Conor Amendola, Brooke Johnpier, Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2024 As Chinese immigration to U.S. rises, Republicans and Trump use ‘military age men’ scare tactic By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 7, 2024 How generative AI could help foreign adversaries influence U.S. elections By Loreben Tuquero • December 5, 2023 Ramaswamy’s GOP debate rivals tied his business to China, Hunter Biden. What’s behind the attacks? • October 2, 2023 New electric vehicle tax credit rules aim to reduce dependence on China, but present new obstacles By Matthew Crowley • May 1, 2023 US versus China: Which nation is doing more to address climate change? • March 27, 2023 US frets about TikTok feeding data to China; banning app won’t end the threat, experts say • March 17, 2023
