In this June 25, 2018 photo, an attendant walks past EU and China flags ahead of the EU-China High-level Economic Dialogue at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. (PHOTO / AGENCIES VIA CHINADAILY.COM.CN)

HONG KONG - The Chinese Mission to the European Union (EU) slammed the European External Action Service for accusing China of disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a statement issued on Thursday, a spokesperson of the mission said the EEAS report “has no factual basis.”

In a statement issued on Thursday, a spokesperson the mission said the report “has no factual basis”

“A disinformation report that has no factual basis is in itself an example of disinformation,” the spokesperson was quoted as saying in the statement.

On 28 April, the EEAS released its “Special Report Update: Short Assessment of Narratives and Disinformation Around the COVID-19 Pandemic”, accusing China and Russia of using state-controlled media to spread disinformation. It also claimed that “vaccine diplomacy” has replaced “mask diplomacy”.

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