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Scorecard

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All Fact-checks for China

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2026 remarks:
In artificial intelligence, “We're leading China by a lot.”
Half-True
By Loreben Tuquero • January 29, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2025 a Cabinet meeting:
China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2025
Charles Blow
Charles Blow
stated on May 5, 2025 a CNN NewsNight episode:
“China makes 80% of all toys” and “90% of all Christmas goods” sold in the U.S.
True
By Loreben Tuquero • May 9, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on April 9, 2025 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".
False
By Maria Briceño • April 11, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 3, 2025 a post:
China has “a mystery disease outbreak” and has declared a “state of emergency.”
False
By Sara Swann • January 7, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on December 30, 2024 a post:
Photo shows a large Temu warehouse in China “went up in flames.”
False
By Sara Swann • January 3, 2025
Michigan Republican Party
Michigan Republican Party
stated on October 8, 2024 an X post:
Elissa Slotkin “signed a secret agreement with a CCP-linked Chinese battery company.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • October 17, 2024
Dave McCormick
Dave McCormick
stated on August 25, 2024 a TV ad:
Sen. Bob Casey “voted to sell American oil to China.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • August 28, 2024
Elissa Slotkin
Elissa Slotkin
stated on August 9, 2024 Meta ad:
Mike Rogers “left Michigan to trade on his D.C. connections, helping Chinese tech companies get access to the U.S.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • August 23, 2024
Jared Polis
Jared Polis
stated on May 15, 2024 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.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • May 17, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 12, 2024 a fundraising event in Seattle:
"China's in a situation where they have more retired than working."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2024 una publicación en Facebook:
"Barco chino destruye imponente barco en Baltimore".
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 29, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2024 Facebook posts:
The ship that struck the Baltimore bridge was controlled by a Chinese company.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 28, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 21, 2024 an Instagram post:
Chinese scientists “created (a) new COVID-19 strain (with) 100% fatality.”
False
By Sara Swann • January 26, 2024
SFA Fund
SFA Fund
stated on December 28, 2023 a campaign ad:
Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 4, 2024
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 13, 2023 a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire:
Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.”
Half-True
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 30, 2023 una publicación en Facebook:
"Neumonia misteriosa ya está golpeando" a niños en Estados Unidos "lo mismo que está pasando en China".
False
By Maria Briceño • December 18, 2023
Asa Hutchinson
Asa Hutchinson
stated on December 11, 2023 comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire:
China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Rebecca Catalanello • December 15, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on November 10, 2023 an interview:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “did something six months ago” akin to Nikki Haley recruiting Chinese companies to South Carolina.
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 20, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on November 8, 2023 Republican primary debate:
An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • November 15, 2023
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