CHINA/CYBERWAR/ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House claims that China is meddling in the midterms do not ring true to experts and cybersecurity firms that have long tracked Beijing’s digital espionage operations and propaganda campaigns…President Donald Trump aired the idea last month that Russia isn’t the only country attempting to undermine the U.S. democratic process. And in a speech at the United Nations last week, he alleged that ‘China has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election coming up in November against my administration’…Neither Trump nor Pence explicitly accused China of mounting the types of social media trolling efforts or multiple, coordinated cyberattacks that the U.S. has accused Russia of carrying out during the 2016 race. But Trump has likened the behavior of the two countries, saying last month that China is ‘trying to meddle in our elections. And we’re not going to let that happen. Just as we’re not going to let that happen with Russia.’”
–Christian Vasquez, “Trump says China is meddling in our elections. Cyber firms disagree,” Politico, October 5, 2018 4:28 pm