International community increasingly aware of US's true nature as a source of lies: Defense Spokesperson

BEIJING, June 27 -- "A lie will never become the truth, even if repeated a thousand times. The international community is increasingly aware of the true nature of the US as a source of lies," said a Chinese defense spokesperson at a regular press conference on Thursday.

According to foreign media reports, the US Department of Defense (DOD) orchestrated a secret online campaign amid the COVID-19 pandemic to cast doubt among Filipinos about the safety and efficacy of vaccines and other pandemic aid from China. A senior Pentagon official also admitted that the US military ran a clandestine influence campaign to denigrate China's vaccines across the developing world.

In response to a related query, Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, said that it is just another evidence that the US side would stop at nothing to cook up lies to discredit other countries. China firmly opposes this.

"This is not the first lie made up by the US about China, nor will it be the last. From 'China military threat' to 'cyberattacks from China', the US side has fabricated too many lies to mislead the public," said the spokesperson.

Snr. Col. Wu pointed out that, a lie will never become the truth, even if repeated a thousand times. The international community is increasingly aware of the true nature of the US as a source of lies.

"We hope the US side will behave in a manner befitting its status as a big power and stop trumping up lies for its selfish interests," said the spokesperson.